{"title":"Personality states","authors":"Simon Columbus , Cecilie Fenja Strandsbjerg","doi":"10.1016/j.copsyc.2025.102099","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Personality states refer to an individuals' feelings, thoughts, behaviours, and goals at a particular time. We review recent research with a focus on broad factor models of personality (Big Five, HEXACO), identifying several themes. First, studies show both convergence and significant differences between average states and traits and provide initial evidence that state fluctuations play a role in long-term trait change. Second, recent studies have identified theoretically plausible contingencies between situation characteristics and personality states as well as sizeable individual differences in these contingencies. Third, in applied contexts, personality states are associated with variables such as job performance, sleep quality, and stress. Finally, we highlight recent advances in the measurement of personality states.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48279,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Psychology","volume":"65 ","pages":"Article 102099"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Current Opinion in Psychology","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352250X25001125","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Personality states refer to an individuals' feelings, thoughts, behaviours, and goals at a particular time. We review recent research with a focus on broad factor models of personality (Big Five, HEXACO), identifying several themes. First, studies show both convergence and significant differences between average states and traits and provide initial evidence that state fluctuations play a role in long-term trait change. Second, recent studies have identified theoretically plausible contingencies between situation characteristics and personality states as well as sizeable individual differences in these contingencies. Third, in applied contexts, personality states are associated with variables such as job performance, sleep quality, and stress. Finally, we highlight recent advances in the measurement of personality states.
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Current Opinion in Psychology is part of the Current Opinion and Research (CO+RE) suite of journals and is a companion to the primary research, open access journal, Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology. CO+RE journals leverage the Current Opinion legacy of editorial excellence, high-impact, and global reach to ensure they are a widely-read resource that is integral to scientists' workflows.
Current Opinion in Psychology is divided into themed sections, some of which may be reviewed on an annual basis if appropriate. The amount of space devoted to each section is related to its importance. The topics covered will include:
* Biological psychology
* Clinical psychology
* Cognitive psychology
* Community psychology
* Comparative psychology
* Developmental psychology
* Educational psychology
* Environmental psychology
* Evolutionary psychology
* Health psychology
* Neuropsychology
* Personality psychology
* Social psychology