Personality dynamics have recently revived interest as a subject of systematic investigation in personality science. Personality dynamics theories and research refer to nonstatic phenomena related to personality, such as the regulatory mechanisms and processes involved in the control of behavior and experience related to personality and their interactions with situations. Such research is not only important to understand personality but also important to explain the large amount of variability in behavior and experience in an individual that can hardly be explained by a few personality traits. This introduction to a special issue of the Journal of Personality outlines the contributions of 11 articles tackling four emerging trends in the field: (1) personality dynamics and levels of regulation; (2) personality dynamics and the motivational dimension of regulation; (3) dynamics and regulatory potentials of structural personality components; and (4) personality dynamics and timescales. Moreover, we add recommendations for future exploration. Together, we believe that our special issue advances personality science in conceptualizing and examining personality dynamics as well as drawing attention to unanswered issues.

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人格动态：调节机制和过程

人格动力学作为人格科学系统研究的一个主题，最近重新引起了人们的兴趣。人格动力学理论和研究是指与人格相关的非静态现象，例如控制与人格相关的行为和经验及其与情境的相互作用所涉及的调节机制和过程。此类研究不仅对于理解人格很重要，而且对于解释个体行为和经历的大量可变性也很重要，而这些可变性很难用一些人格特质来解释。《人格杂志》特刊的介绍概述了 11 篇文章的贡献，涉及该领域的四个新兴趋势：(1) 人格动态和监管水平；(2) 人格动态和调节的动机维度；(3) 结构人格成分的动态和调节潜力；(4) 个性动态和时间尺度。此外，我们还为未来的探索添加了建议。我们共同相信，我们的特刊在概念化和研究人格动态方面推动了人格科学的发展，并引起人们对尚未解答的问题的关注。