摘要：While this journal mainly focuses on personality aspects in psychology,there is a close link between personality and identity (McAdams,1995). Essentially an individual’s personality is character_ized mainly by her/his thoughts,emotions and behaviors,generally captured by traits (McCrae & Cos?ta,2003),whereas the individual’s identity entails defining oneself as both unique and similar to oth_ers,in relation to others and within the social con?text (Munday,2006),making up the individual’s life story (McAdams & Olson,2010). These aspects are mainly dealt with from a Western (Northern Amer?ican and Western European) perspective,often with theoretical and methodological contributions from non-Western contexts (Arnett,2008). It is clear that personality and identity have much in common and that both are crucial to our everyday psychological functioning. This issue examines personality,identity and their correlates (notably well-being) outside the Western-European and Northern American context where these are usually studied. The final article in?tegrates the previous articles by proposing a concep?tual model that integrates personality and identity.
