Travis Miller
Biographic Data
| ID | 3983386 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Travis Miller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Travis |
| FAMILY NAME | Miller |
| SIGNATURE | MILLER T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Riverside |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2294-0509 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
What explains personality change intervention effects
Volitional personality change interventions have been shown to help people change their current personality toward their ideal personality. Here, we address three limitations of this literature. First, we contrast the dominant theoretical perspective of self-improvement with self-acceptance as pathways to reduce the discrepancy between current and ideal personality. Second, we test how well-being aspects change as a by-product of targeting person…
The blue door: A portal to a community of learners
For Terry Wood, the personal and professional were seamlessly connected. In her “House with the Blue Door” graduate students and visiting scholars lived; people gathered for conversations and music; the community reflected and found connections between important ideas. This chapter sets the stage for the special issue by contextualizing Terry’s personal and professional life with anecdotes shared during the May 2021 Terry Wood Memorial Event. We …
This issue
Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s
Assessing the Desire to Change Personality across Methods
Various methods have been used to describe individuals’ desires to change their personality traits including: trait change inventories, identifying personality change goals in open-ended responses, and asking participants for goals to change personality directly. The current study is the first to assess personality change desires with multiple methods in the same sample (N = 500 undergraduates). Findings with each method were compared to meta-ana…
Does rest breed rust? An examination of DNP-Rest decisions and performance in the National Basketball Association regular and post-season
Within the National Basketball Association (NBA), players and teams maintain that having healthy players sit out some games during the regular season may help them be more productive during the post-season. This decision to not play in order to rest the player, aptly noted as a DNP-Rest decision on injury reports, is in line with team and player goals, and fits with a growing body of evidence in support of the power of rest for health and perform…
Nature Exposure Achieves Comparable Health and Well-Being Improvements as Best Practice, Positive Psychology Interventions
Folk wisdom and scientific research alike suggest that spending time in nature is good for mental and physical health. Despite a growing body of evidence supporting this idea, questions surrounding
The stories we tell, the reputations we form: Narrative identity and person perception
Striving for change: The prevalence and correlates of personality change goals
Striving for change: The prevalence and correlates of personality change goals
The blue door: A portal to a community of learners
For Terry Wood, the personal and professional were seamlessly connected. In her “House with the Blue Door” graduate students and visiting scholars lived; people gathered for conversations and music; the community reflected and found connections between important ideas. This chapter sets the stage for the special issue by contextualizing Terry’s personal and professional life with anecdotes shared during the May 2021 Terry Wood Memorial Event. We …
Striving for change: The prevalence and correlates of personality change goals
Nature Exposure Achieves Comparable Health and Well-Being Improvements as Best Practice, Positive Psychology Interventions
Folk wisdom and scientific research alike suggest that spending time in nature is good for mental and physical health. Despite a growing body of evidence supporting this idea, questions surrounding
The stories we tell, the reputations we form: Narrative identity and person perception
Assessing the Desire to Change Personality across Methods
Various methods have been used to describe individuals’ desires to change their personality traits including: trait change inventories, identifying personality change goals in open-ended responses, and asking participants for goals to change personality directly. The current study is the first to assess personality change desires with multiple methods in the same sample (N = 500 undergraduates). Findings with each method were compared to meta-ana…
Does rest breed rust? An examination of DNP-Rest decisions and performance in the National Basketball Association regular and post-season
Within the National Basketball Association (NBA), players and teams maintain that having healthy players sit out some games during the regular season may help them be more productive during the post-season. This decision to not play in order to rest the player, aptly noted as a DNP-Rest decision on injury reports, is in line with team and player goals, and fits with a growing body of evidence in support of the power of rest for health and perform…
The blue door: A portal to a community of learners
For Terry Wood, the personal and professional were seamlessly connected. In her “House with the Blue Door” graduate students and visiting scholars lived; people gathered for conversations and music; the community reflected and found connections between important ideas. This chapter sets the stage for the special issue by contextualizing Terry’s personal and professional life with anecdotes shared during the May 2021 Terry Wood Memorial Event. We …
This issue
Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s
What explains personality change intervention effects
Volitional personality change interventions have been shown to help people change their current personality toward their ideal personality. Here, we address three limitations of this literature. First, we contrast the dominant theoretical perspective of self-improvement with self-acceptance as pathways to reduce the discrepancy between current and ideal personality. Second, we test how well-being aspects change as a by-product of targeting person…
Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Personality (4 works) · Big Five personality traits (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Personality Traits and Psychology (3 works) · Extraversion and introversion (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)