Seduced by their mathematical beauty, psychologists have been using latent variable
models for more than a century. Whether discussing a general factor of cognitive ability …

We investigated the distinction between traits (also labelled basic tendencies or
dispositions) and (characteristic) adaptations, two related features of the personality system …

Drawing parallels with genetics, we propose that representing associations of personality
with life outcomes using individual questionnaire items can provide a low cost leverage of …

Personality trait models have been extremely valuable in outlining nomothetic regularities in
developmental processes and personality associations with important life outcomes …

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 …

Examinations of the relationship between individuals' personal characteristics and the social
positions that individuals receive in everyday peer networks have often found an association …

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The target article makes a compelling case for integration in personality research, but falls
short of presenting a convincing program for achieving it. I argue that evolution is the …

Baumert and colleagues argued that research on between-and within-individual differences
and expression of personality processes in context should be integrated. We applaud this …

Abstract Analysis of the age of acquisition (AoA) of personality terms represents a genetic
method for the study of the individual personality lexicon and offers a potential alternative to …