New research shows personality traits influence who volunteers or donates. Outgoing and kind people give more.

Research regarding the Big Five personality traits is ongoing, but it seems that where you fall on each spectrum is part nature and part nurture. Meaning, familial and societal pressures impact ...

Why do some people do more for the community than others? A new study now shows that personality traits such as extraversion and agreeableness correlate with volunteering and charitable giving.

A major study of over 16,000 participants found that personality traits explain about 25% of the overall risk for mental ...

Psychologists often describe personality in terms of the Big Five traits (Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism) and also warn about the “Dark Triad” of darker ...

The Big Five personality traits are viewed by personality psychologists as the five basic dimensions of human personality: extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness and neuroticism ...

Hollywood often portrays psychopaths as serial killers, but not all psychopaths are that evil. Many exhibit psychopathic ...

Ever wondered what sets apart people who willingly subject themselves to a chilly wake-up call every morning? It’s more than ...

Researchers at the Department of Psychology of the University of Zurich have examined the links between the so-called Big Five personality traits (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion ...