Personality at the hub: Extending the conception of personality psychology |
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| Authors: | Carolyn C. Morf |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Division of Global Health and Human Rights, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA;2. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA;1. Division of Urological Surgery, Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women''s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA;2. Department of Urology and Neurourology, Marien Hospital Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany;3. Department of Urology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany;4. Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women''s Cancer Center, Harvard, Medical School, Boston, MA;1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA;2. Kibogora District Hospital, Kibogora, Rwanda;3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda;4. Department of Clinical Research, University Teaching Hospital of Kigali, Kigali, Rwanda |
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| Abstract: | Personality psychology has a focus on understanding the functioning of the person as a whole, and is thus located at the hub of the other sub-disciplines of psychology and related sciences devoted to the study of human nature. As such, personality is well situated to integrate work emerging from different levels of analysis related to the distinctive organization and operation of psychological processes that characterize individuals. Personality psychology can have an exciting future to the extent that it can cross arbitrary lines of sub-disciplines, and connect with relevant interdisciplinary work devoted to understanding psychological phenomena, regardless of traditional boundaries. Several important areas of connection are highlighted, including links to social psychology, biology, and psychopathology, but trying to set priorities in terms of substantive areas for the field seems a futile exercise. Also discussed is the pressing need to find the most fruitful levels of abstraction at which to conceptualize our constructs to maximize their yield. |
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