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Personality architecture: within-person structures and processes.

Daniel Cervone1

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607-7137, USA. dcervone@uic.edu

Annual Review of Psychology
|February 16, 2005
PubMed
Summary

Understanding intraindividual personality architecture requires examining within-person structures and processes. Population-level variables are insufficient for modeling the dynamic, coherent personality systems within individuals.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Personality Science
  • Intraindividual Differences

Background:

  • Traditional personality research often focuses on interindividual differences, summarizing population variability.
  • Understanding personality coherence requires examining both functional relations within personality and cross-situational consistency.
  • Existing models may not adequately capture the complexity of intraindividual personality systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review theory and research on intraindividual personality structures and processes.
  • To outline principles for modeling the architecture of intraindividual personality systems.
  • To highlight the limitations of interindividual variables in explaining intraindividual personality.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing theoretical frameworks and empirical research on intraindividual personality.

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  • Analysis of principles for modeling personality architecture at the within-person level.
  • Examination of conceptual and empirical advances in understanding personality coherence.

    • Main Results:

    • Focusing on within-person structures and processes enhances understanding of personality coherence.
    • Personality coherence involves functional relations among personality elements and cross-situational consistency.
    • Interindividual personality variables are insufficient for modeling intraindividual personality architecture.

    Conclusions:

    • Modeling intraindividual personality architecture necessitates a focus on within-person dynamics.
    • Enduring knowledge structures and dynamic appraisal processes interact to produce cross-situational personality functioning.
    • Future research should prioritize within-person approaches to fully understand personality systems.