Reviewed by David Susman, PhD Key Takeaways The Big Five personality traits—openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism—represent broad dimensions of personality that ...

New research published in Political Psychology has found that the most devoted supporters of Donald Trump share a distinct set of personality traits. The study suggests that high levels of ...

While social media can be a cause of anxiety, a researcher at the U of A also found that social media can help reduce anxiety for young adults who have specific personality traits.

U. of I. psychology professor Brent Roberts, pictured, and his co-author, University of Toronto psychology professor Michael Inzlicht, argue that psychological science sometimes overemphasizes the ...

People who are organised and thorough may live longer lives than those who are careless, a new study has suggested. The study, which linked personality traits to mortality, found those with ...

Personality characteristics reflect fairly stable differences between people in their motivations. While situations exert a strong influence on people’s behavior, these default motivations affect both ...

This post is in response to Regional Differences in Personality: Surprising Findings By Scott A. McGreal MSc. Conscientiousness, one of the Big Five personality traits, is generally considered highly ...

Neuroticism may moderate the relationship between certain personality traits and self-control, and the interaction effects appear to differ by the type of self-control, according to a new study.