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  • Psychology
  • Personality Science

Background:

  • The Big Five theory categorizes personality into five traits: extraversion, neuroticism, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and openness.
  • Situational factors are known to influence personality expression.
  • Across-situation variability (ASV) quantifies individual differences in personality change across contexts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how the five personality traits vary across five distinct situations (family, work, friends, romantic partner, hobbies/leisure).
  • To examine the relationship between ASV and specific personality domains.
  • To explore ASV as a potential marker for personality disturbance.

Main Methods:

  • 80 participants completed situation-specific versions of the Big Five Inventory.
  • Network analysis was employed to explore the connections between ASV and personality traits.

Main Results:

  • All personality traits, except openness, demonstrated significant changes across different situations.
  • Openness remained stable across all assessed situations.
  • Network analysis revealed a notable connection between ASV and conscientiousness, particularly in family and romantic partner contexts.

Conclusions:

  • Personality traits exhibit considerable flexibility influenced by situational contexts.
  • The stability of openness across situations warrants further investigation.
  • ASV, especially its link with conscientiousness, may serve as a potential indicator of psychopathology.