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

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纵向体验-广泛的联想研究-研究人格变化的框架

人格在爱情，工作和健康领域预测生活结果的重要性已得到充分确立，证据表明人格特质虽然相对稳定，但可以改变。然而，对于推动人格特质改变的来源和过程以及这种改变如何影响重要的人生结局知之甚少。在本文中，我们认为需要修改人格心理学中常用的研究范式和方法论方法，以加深我们对人格改变的来源和过程的理解。我们建议将纵向体验-广泛关联研究作为研究人格变化的框架，以解决当前方法的局限性，我们讨论了克服纵向体验-广泛联想研究相关挑战的策略。©2020欧洲人格心理学协会