Longitudinal Experience–Wide Association Studies—A Framework for Studying Personality Change

• DOI: 10.1002/per.2247
• Publication Date: 2020-03-16T01:13:41Z
• Authors: Wiebke Bleidorn; Christopher J. Ho...; Mitja D. Back; Jaap J.A. Denissen; Marie Hennecke; Markus Jokela; Christian Kandler; Richard E. Lucas; Maike Luhmann; Ulrich Orth; Brent W. Roberts; Jenny Wagner; Cornelia Wrzus; Johannes Zimmermann
• Keywords: Association (psychology); Personality development; Personality psychology

The importance of personality for predicting life outcomes in the domains love, work, and health is well established, as evidence that traits, while relatively stable, can change. However, little known about sources processes drive changes traits how such might impact important outcomes. In this paper, we make case research paradigms methodological approaches commonly used psychology need to be revised advance our understanding We propose Longitudinal Experience–Wide Association Studies a framework studying change address limitations current methods, discuss strategies overcoming some challenges associated with Studies. © 2020 European Personality Psychology