Using Mobile Sensors to Study Personality Dynamics

Brenton M. Wiernik; Deniz S. Ones; Benjamin M. Marlin; Casey Giordano; Stephan Dilchert; Brittany K. Mercado; Kevin C. Stanek; Adib Birkland; Yilei Wang; Brenda Ellis; Yagizhan Yazar; Jack W. Kostal; Santosh Kumar; Timothy Hnat; Emre Ertin; Akane Sano; Deepak K. Ganesan; Tanzeem Choudhoury; Mustafa Al'Absi

doi:10.1027/1015-5759/a000576

Using Mobile Sensors to Study Personality Dynamics

Brenton M. Wiernik, Deniz S. Ones, Benjamin M. Marlin, Casey Giordano, Stephan Dilchert, Brittany K. Mercado, Kevin C. Stanek, Adib Birkland, Yilei Wang, Brenda Ellis, Yagizhan Yazar, Jack W. Kostal, Santosh Kumar, Timothy Hnat, Emre Ertin, Akane Sano, Deepak K. Ganesan, Tanzeem Choudhoury, Mustafa Al'Absi

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Abstract

Research interest in personality dynamics over time is rapidly growing. Passive personality assessment via mobile sensors offers an intriguing new approach for measuring a wide variety of personality dynamics. In this paper, we address the possibility of integrating sensorbased assessments to enhance personality dynamics research. We consider a variety of research designs that can incorporate sensor-based measures and address pitfalls and limitations in terms of psychometrics and practical implementation. We also consider analytic challenges related to data quality and model evaluation that researchers must address when applying machine learning methods to translate sensor data into composite personality assessments.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	935-947
Number of pages	13
Journal	European Journal of Psychological Assessment
Volume	36
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000576
State	Published - Nov 2020

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Data analyzed in this research were based upon work supported in part by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), via IARPA Contract No. 2017-17042800006. The views and conclusions contained herein are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of ODNI, IARPA, or the US Government. The US Government is authorized to reproduce and distribute reprints for governmental purposes notwithstanding any copyright annotation therein.

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© 2020 Hogrefe Publishing GmbH. All rights reserved.

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machine learning
mobile sensing
personality
personality dynamics
states

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Wiernik, B. M., Ones, D. S., Marlin, B. M., Giordano, C., Dilchert, S., Mercado, B. K., Stanek, K. C., Birkland, A., Wang, Y., Ellis, B., Yazar, Y., Kostal, J. W., Kumar, S., Hnat, T., Ertin, E., Sano, A., Ganesan, D. K., Choudhoury, T., & Al'Absi, M. (2020). Using Mobile Sensors to Study Personality Dynamics. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 36(6), 935-947. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000576

Wiernik, BM, Ones, DS, Marlin, BM, Giordano, C, Dilchert, S, Mercado, BK, Stanek, KC, Birkland, A, Wang, Y, Ellis, B, Yazar, Y, Kostal, JW, Kumar, S, Hnat, T, Ertin, E, Sano, A, Ganesan, DK, Choudhoury, T & Al'Absi, M 2020, 'Using Mobile Sensors to Study Personality Dynamics', European Journal of Psychological Assessment, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 935-947. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000576

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