The current article presents a theoretical framework of the short-and long-term processes
underlying personality development throughout adulthood. The newly developed TESSERA …

There is currently no consensus on how to study psychological situations, and situation
research is still riddled with problems of conceptualization (what is a situation and what is it …

The joint influence of persons and situations on behavior has long been posited by
personality and social psychological theory (Funder, 2006; Lewin, 1951). However, a lack of …

Latent state-trait (LST) models (Steyer, Ferring, & Schmitt, 1992) allow separating person-
specific (trait) effects from (1) effects of the situation and person× situation interactions, and …

Objective Personality traits are related to health and health-related behavior such as eating
habits. However, results are inconsistent regarding exactly which traits are related to eating …

Affect and situation perception are intertwined in any given situation, but the extent to which
both predict behavior jointly and uniquely has not yet been systematically examined so far …

Much social psychological research is concerned with the question whether and how
behavior changes because of a “treatment”(eg, a situation that triggers a psychological …

People presumably choose and create their daily environments according to their
personality. Prior research shows that, for example, more extraverted people engage more …

This study examined daily life processes and their contribution to long-term continuity and
change in explicit and implicit representations of Big 5 traits. The TESSERA framework …

To understand personality dynamics, processes, and functioning better, knowledge on the
relations between persons and environments needs to advance. First, this chapter outlines …