People who prefer dogs often enjoy peace, quiet, and just being. They’re not afraid of silence. They find comfort in presence ...

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

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

A new analysis of over 90,000 participants shows that personality traits influence how people engage in volunteering and ...

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.

Learn more about the link between common mental health conditions and personality.

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 ...

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

Anyone who decides to have children hopes that they will raise kids who turn into good, thoughtful, high-quality adults—but ...

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