A scoping review on innovative methods for personality observation
BackgroundPersonality’s investigation has always been characterized as a central area of research for psychology, such that it was established in the 1920s as an autonomous scientific-disciplinary field. Identifying and observing the people’s typical ways of “being in the world” has made possible to...
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| author | Lucia Luciana Mosca Grazia Isabella Continisio Natascia De Lucia Elena Gigante Carmela Guerriera Nelson Mauro Maldonato Enrico Moretto Ottavio Ragozzino Veronica Rosa Chiara Scognamiglio Roberta Stanzione Daniela Cantone |
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| description | BackgroundPersonality’s investigation has always been characterized as a central area of research for psychology, such that it was established in the 1920s as an autonomous scientific-disciplinary field. Identifying and observing the people’s typical ways of “being in the world” has made possible to define the predictability of a pattern of behavioral responses related both to the possession of distinct characteristics of the agent subject and to specific environmental situations. In the actual scientific landscape, there is a strand of research that makes a description of personality through methodologies and indicators not usually used by psychology, but scientifically validated through standardized procedures. Such studies seem to be significantly increasing and reflect the emerging need to have to consider the human being in his or her complexity, whose existential and personal dimensions can no longer be traced to classification systems that are divorced from the epochal reference.ObjectiveIn this review, attention is focused on highlighting publications in the literature that have included the use of unconventional methods in the study of nonpathological personality, based on the Big Five theoretical reference model. To better understand human nature, an alternative based on evolutionary and interpersonal theory is presented.DesignOnline databases were used to identify papers published 2011–2022, from which we selected 18 publications from different resources, selected according to criteria established in advance and described in the text. A flow chart and a summary table of the articles consulted have been created.ResultsThe selected studies were grouped according to the particular method of investigation or description of personality used. Four broad thematic categories were identified: bodily and behavioral element; semantic analysis of the self-descriptions provided; integrated-type theoretical background; and use of machine learning methods. All articles refer to trait theory as the prevailing epistemological background.ConclusionThis review is presented as an initial attempt to survey the production in the literature with respect to the topic and its main purpose was to highlight how the use of observational models based on aspects previously considered as scientifically uninformative (body, linguistic expression, environment) with respect to personality analysis proves to be a valuable resource for drawing up more complete personality profiles that are able to capture more of the complexity of the person. What has emerged is a rapidly expanding field of study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c99023db823e423eba58d91384dc90e32023-03-08T06:57:15ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-03-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.11122871112287A scoping review on innovative methods for personality observationLucia Luciana Mosca0Grazia Isabella Continisio1Natascia De Lucia2Elena Gigante3Carmela Guerriera4Nelson Mauro Maldonato5Enrico Moretto6Ottavio Ragozzino7Veronica Rosa8Chiara Scognamiglio9Roberta Stanzione10Daniela Cantone11SiPGI - Postgraduate School of Integrated Gestalt Psychotherapy, Torre Annunziata, ItalyDepartment of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, ItalyDepartment of Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, ItalySiPGI - Postgraduate School of Integrated Gestalt Psychotherapy, Torre Annunziata, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, University of Campania, Luigi Vanvitelli, Caserta, ItalyDepartment of Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, ItalySiPGI - Postgraduate School of Integrated Gestalt Psychotherapy, Torre Annunziata, ItalySiPGI - Postgraduate School of Integrated Gestalt Psychotherapy, Torre Annunziata, ItalyASPICARSA (Association of Applied Scientific Research ASPIC), Rome, ItalySiPGI - Postgraduate School of Integrated Gestalt Psychotherapy, Torre Annunziata, ItalySiPGI - Postgraduate School of Integrated Gestalt Psychotherapy, Torre Annunziata, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, University of Campania, Luigi Vanvitelli, Caserta, ItalyBackgroundPersonality’s investigation has always been characterized as a central area of research for psychology, such that it was established in the 1920s as an autonomous scientific-disciplinary field. Identifying and observing the people’s typical ways of “being in the world” has made possible to define the predictability of a pattern of behavioral responses related both to the possession of distinct characteristics of the agent subject and to specific environmental situations. In the actual scientific landscape, there is a strand of research that makes a description of personality through methodologies and indicators not usually used by psychology, but scientifically validated through standardized procedures. Such studies seem to be significantly increasing and reflect the emerging need to have to consider the human being in his or her complexity, whose existential and personal dimensions can no longer be traced to classification systems that are divorced from the epochal reference.ObjectiveIn this review, attention is focused on highlighting publications in the literature that have included the use of unconventional methods in the study of nonpathological personality, based on the Big Five theoretical reference model. To better understand human nature, an alternative based on evolutionary and interpersonal theory is presented.DesignOnline databases were used to identify papers published 2011–2022, from which we selected 18 publications from different resources, selected according to criteria established in advance and described in the text. A flow chart and a summary table of the articles consulted have been created.ResultsThe selected studies were grouped according to the particular method of investigation or description of personality used. Four broad thematic categories were identified: bodily and behavioral element; semantic analysis of the self-descriptions provided; integrated-type theoretical background; and use of machine learning methods. All articles refer to trait theory as the prevailing epistemological background.ConclusionThis review is presented as an initial attempt to survey the production in the literature with respect to the topic and its main purpose was to highlight how the use of observational models based on aspects previously considered as scientifically uninformative (body, linguistic expression, environment) with respect to personality analysis proves to be a valuable resource for drawing up more complete personality profiles that are able to capture more of the complexity of the person. What has emerged is a rapidly expanding field of study.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1112287/fullpersonalityunconventional study method’sbig fivepersonality profilesscoping review |
| spellingShingle | Lucia Luciana Mosca Grazia Isabella Continisio Natascia De Lucia Elena Gigante Carmela Guerriera Nelson Mauro Maldonato Enrico Moretto Ottavio Ragozzino Veronica Rosa Chiara Scognamiglio Roberta Stanzione Daniela Cantone A scoping review on innovative methods for personality observation Frontiers in Psychology personality unconventional study method’s big five personality profiles scoping review |
| title | A scoping review on innovative methods for personality observation |
| title_full | A scoping review on innovative methods for personality observation |
| title_fullStr | A scoping review on innovative methods for personality observation |
| title_full_unstemmed | A scoping review on innovative methods for personality observation |
| title_short | A scoping review on innovative methods for personality observation |
| title_sort | scoping review on innovative methods for personality observation |
| topic | personality unconventional study method’s big five personality profiles scoping review |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1112287/full |
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