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Individual Differences Research


The Big Five as a Lens (and Its Limits) in Individual Differences and Everyday Life

William Kelly  



Abstract

This editorial introduces Individual Differences Research, Volume 17, focusing on how Big Five personality traits provide an integrative framework for understanding cognition, emotion, and behavior across everyday contexts. Through studies on music preferences, organizational justice, and normal worry, the volume explores both the broad explanatory power and conceptual limits of broad-domain trait models.

EDITORIAL


Keywords

Big Five personality traits;

Individual differences;

Adaptation;

Personality and everyday behavior;

Emotion and self-regulation;

Metacognitive processes;

Editorials