Working Towards Integration of Personality Structure, Process, and Development RESPONSE

Anna Baumert, Manfred Schmitt, Marco Perugini, Wendy Johnson, Gabriela Blum, Peter Borkenau, Giulio Costantini, Jaap J. A. Denissen, William Fleeson, Ben Grafton, Eranda Jayawickreme, Elena Kurzius, Colin MacLeod, Lynn C. Miller, Stephen J. Read, Brent Roberts, Michael D. Robinson, Dustin Wood, Cornelia Wrzus

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Abstract

Based on the thoughtful and thought-provoking comments, we strengthened some of the main proposals of our framework to integrate research on personality structure, process, and development. Integration is an important, yet challenging goal for personality science, and we see considerable potential for it, theoretically and in empirical research. We clarified our use of critical concepts, such as behaviour, trait, and personality structure. We suggest that avoiding use of broadly construed traits will be helpful in preventing circularity in explanations. Strictly speaking, we see no causal role for broadly construed traits. We discuss how observed structural differences between measures taken over different time scales or within and between individuals, can inform hypotheses about shared and unique causal mechanisms, and argue for the unique relevance of psychological processes in personality science. Copyright (C) 2017 European Association of Personality Psychology

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)577-595
Number of pages19
JournalEuropean Journal of Personality
Volume31
Issue number5
Publication statusPublished - 2017

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