Editorial: Dynamic personality science: Integrating between-person stability and within-person change

Beckmann, N.; Wood, R.E.

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01486

Editorial: Dynamic personality science: Integrating between-person stability and within-person change

Beckmann, N.; Wood, R.E.

Authors

Professor Nadin Beckmann nadin.beckmann@durham.ac.uk
Professor

R.E. Wood

Abstract

Trait theorists and social-cognitive theorists have begun to integrate their respective descriptions and explanations of personality. The new framing of personality accommodates both between-person stability and within-person variability in personality. Whilst individuals differ from each other in predictable ways—differences that can sufficiently be described by broad trait constructs such as neuroticism, conscientiousness, agreeableness, openness, extraversion, and core self-evaluations—they also vary systematically in the ways they respond to situations they encounter and change as a person over time. An integrated framework of personality raises many interesting questions. This Research Topic aims to move forward frontiers, both conceptually and empirically, for several of those questions. We provide new evidence in support of an integrated approach to personality, highlight currently active areas of research, and propose new directions of research into why individuals think, feel, and behave the way they do.

Citation

Beckmann, N., & Wood, R. (2017). Editorial: Dynamic personality science: Integrating between-person stability and within-person change. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, Article 1486. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01486

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Aug 17, 2017
Online Publication Date	Sep 8, 2017
Publication Date	Sep 8, 2017
Deposit Date	Sep 6, 2017
Publicly Available Date	Sep 13, 2017
Journal	Frontiers in Psychology
Print ISSN	1664-1078
Electronic ISSN	1664-1078
Publisher	Frontiers Media
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	8
Article Number	1486
DOI	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01486
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1350173

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