The Search for a Bridge: Idiographic Personality Networks

Baumert and colleagues call for the use of research on intraindividual personality processes to understand personality structure and development but do not provide a clear path forward. We argue that research using idiographic personality networks represent one avenue of integration of research on personality processes, structure, and development. Idiographic networks conceive of personality as unique combinations of relationships between psychological processes, including behaviors, emotions, motivation, and affect. To demonstrate, we provide a brief example of the utility of idiographic personality networks in research on personality processes, structure, and development.