Many people engage in self-talk, whether it's a quiet internal dialogue or audible mutterings. For a long time, it was often ...

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

Why do some people do more for the community than others? A new study from the University of Zurich, available on the ...

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

Does emoji use reveal something significant about someone's personality. A new study found a surprising link between emoji ...

Common mental health conditions are more closely related to people's personalities than previously thought, a study published ...

Research indicates that personality traits account for about 25% of the overall risk for mental health issues such as ...

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 ...

Mother's affection in childhood shapes adult personality traits that influence success, health, relationships, and long-term well-being.

The findings suggest that positive maternal parenting could foster important traits such as openness, conscientiousness and agreeableness. "Personality traits are strong predictors of important ...

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.