People around the world own digital media devices that mediate and are in close proximity to their daily behaviours and situational contexts. These devices can be harnessed as sensing technologies to collect information from sensor and metadata logs that provide fine‐grained records of everyday personality expression. In this paper, we present a conceptual framework and empirical illustration for personality sensing research, which leverages sensing technologies for personality theory development and assessment. To further empirical knowledge about the degree to which personality‐relevant information is revealed via such data, we outline an agenda for three research domains that focus on the description, explanation, and prediction of personality. To illustrate the value of the personality sensing research agenda, we present findings from a large smartphone‐based sensing study (N = 633) characterizing individual differences in sensed behavioural patterns (physical activity, social behaviour, and smartphone use) and mapping sensed behaviours to the Big Five dimensions. For example, the findings show associations between behavioural tendencies and personality traits and daily behaviours and personality states. We conclude with a discussion of best practices and provide our outlook on how personality sensing will transform our understanding of personality and the way we conduct assessment in the years to come. © 2020 European Association of Personality Psychology

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数字时代理论发展与评估的人格感知

世界各地的人们都拥有数字媒体设备，这些数字媒体设备可以调解并与他们的日常行为和情境紧密联系。这些设备可以用作传感技术，从传感器和元数据日志中收集信息，这些日志提供了日常性格表达的细粒度记录。在本文中，我们为人格感知研究提供了一个概念框架和实证说明，该框架利用了传感技术进行人格理论的发展和评估。为了进一步获得有关通过此类数据揭示人格相关信息的程度的经验知识，我们概述了三个研究领域的议程，这些领域的重点是对人格的描述，解释和预测。为了说明人格感知研究议程的价值，N  = 633）表征感知到的行为模式（体育活动，社交行为和智能手机使用）中的个体差异，并将感知到的行为映射到“五大”维度。例如，研究结果表明，行为倾向和人格特质与日常行为和人格状态之间存在关联。我们以最佳实践的讨论作为结束，并就人格感知如何改变我们对人格的理解以及未来几年进行评估的方式提供了看法。©2020欧洲人格心理学协会