Data from: Investigating the association between social interactions and personality states dynamics

The recent personality psychology literature has coined the name of personality states to refer to states having the same behavioural, affective and cognitive content (described by adjectives) as the corresponding trait, but for a shorter duration. The variability in personality states may be the reaction to specific characteristics of situations. The aim of our study is to investigate whether specific situational factors, that is, different configurations of face-to-face interactions, are predictors of variability of personality states in a work environment. The obtained results provide evidence that within-person variability in personality is associated with variation in face-to-face interactions. Interestingly, the effects differ by type and level of the personality states: adaptation effects for Agreeableness and Emotional Stability, whereby the personality states of an individual trigger similar states in other people interacting with them and complementarity effects for Openness to Experience, whereby the personality states of an individual trigger opposite states in other people interacting with them. Overall, these findings encourage further research to characterize face-to-face and social interactions in terms of their relevance to personality states.近年来的人格心理学研究文献中，学界已提出人格状态（personality states）这一概念，用以指代那些与对应特质拥有相同行为、情感与认知内容（由形容词描述）、但持续时长更短的心理状态。人格状态的变异性，可能是个体对情境特定特征的反应。本研究旨在探究：工作环境中，特定情境因素——即面对面互动的不同配置模式——是否可作为人格状态变异性的预测因子。本研究所得结果证实，个体内部的人格变异性与面对面互动的变化存在关联。值得注意的是，该效应因人格状态的类型与层级而异：针对宜人性（Agreeableness）与情绪稳定性（Emotional Stability）存在适应效应，即个体的人格状态会引发与其互动的他人产生同类人格状态；而针对经验开放性（Openness to Experience）则存在互补效应，即个体的人格状态会引发与其互动的他人产生对立人格状态。总体而言，本研究结果可为后续研究提供启发，推动学界围绕其与人格状态的相关性，对面对面互动与社会互动展开特征化刻画。