Psychologists have been studying personality for a very long time. Thinking about personality as a collection of traits goes all the way back to ancient Greece and Rome, and trait theorists such as ...

People have different opinions when it comes to posting on social media. Those who prefer more privacy may have certain ...

Why do some people do more for the community than others? A new study from the University of Zurich, available on the PsyArXiv preprint server, now shows that personality traits such as extraversion ...

A new study finds that the personality characteristics that get you promoted to a leader aren’t necessarily the qualities ...

Associations of personality traits with physical activity and sedentary behavior were observed in a study conducted at the Gerontology Research Center and the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at ...

A psychiatrist explained why people with higher levels of neuroticism may be more likely to spend longer in hospital.

People’s willingness to do volunteer work or give to charity differs greatly. Besides financial and social incentives, individual differences in people’s personality can explain why some of us are ...