Being or Becoming: Toward an Open-System, Process-Centric Model of Personality

Mainstream personality psychology in the West neglects the investigation of intra-individual process and variation, because it favors a Being over a Becoming ontology. A Being ontology privileges a structural (e.g., traits or selves) conception of personality. Structure-centric models in turn sugges...

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Published in:Integrative psychological & behavioral science 2015-12, Vol.49 (4), p.757-771
Main Author: Giordano, Peter J.
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Behavioral Science and Psychology
Confucianism
Humans
Models, Psychological
Personality
Psychological Theory
Psychology
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Sociology
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