How to measure and model personality traits in everyday life: A qualitative analysis of 300 big five personality items

IF 2.6 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Journal of Research in Personality Pub Date : 2024-08-20 DOI:10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104528

Pia K. Andresen, Noémi K. Schuurman, Ellen L. Hamaker

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Abstract

Personality traits are often described with reference to momentary patterns in experiences and behaviors. In this paper, we consider how such personality manifestations can be measured and modeled more directly within intensive-longitudinal research. Specifically, we evaluated 300 items from the international personality item pool with respect to: a) how the described behavior relates to situational factors; and b) which statistic most accurately quantifies the implied pattern. Our results give rise to three critical observations. First, most patterns only occur within certain contexts, rather than being context independent. Second, traits are mostly described as dynamic patterns on differing timescales. Third, the mean of a person across many repeated measures is poorly suited to capture most patterns of personality in daily life.

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如何测量和模拟日常生活中的人格特质：对 300 个五大人格项目的定性分析

对人格特质的描述通常是参照经验和行为的瞬间模式。在本文中，我们考虑了如何在密集纵向研究中更直接地测量和模拟此类人格表现。具体来说，我们对国际人格项目库中的 300 个项目进行了评估：a) 所描述的行为与情境因素的关系；b) 哪种统计量能最准确地量化隐含的模式。我们的研究结果提出了三个重要观点。首先，大多数模式只出现在特定情境中，而非独立于情境。第二，特质大多被描述为不同时间尺度上的动态模式。第三，一个人在多次重复测量中的平均值并不适合捕捉日常生活中的大多数人格模式。

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Journal of Research in Personality PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

6.10%

发文量

102

审稿时长

67 days

期刊介绍： Emphasizing experimental and descriptive research, the Journal of Research in Personality presents articles that examine important issues in the field of personality and in related fields basic to the understanding of personality. The subject matter includes treatments of genetic, physiological, motivational, learning, perceptual, cognitive, and social processes of both normal and abnormal kinds in human and animal subjects. Features: • Papers that present integrated sets of studies that address significant theoretical issues relating to personality. • Theoretical papers and critical reviews of current experimental and methodological interest. • Single, well-designed studies of an innovative nature. • Brief reports, including replication or null result studies of previously reported findings, or a well-designed studies addressing questions of limited scope.