Study reveals how a parent's personality type can influence and shape the lives of their children, for better or worse.
Emotional stability was the most common trait linked to people's life satisfaction, social connections, and career.
Those who are more empathetic and those who score high on extraversion, agreeableness, and openness personality traits are more likely to focus on faces. Those with psychological disorders including depression, anxiety, and alexithymia tend to focus less on faces.
Loneliness and a lack of social support contribute to a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease or other dementias. The findings add to the growing body of evidence linking social isolation to Alzheimer's disease.
Perspective-taking and empathy not only reduce the temptation to cheat on a partner, but they also help protect against other relationship-destroying behaviors.
Those with dark triad or antagonistic personality traits including narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy are more likely to endorse negative beliefs about others, especially the LGBTQA+ community. People with these personality traits adopt prejudicial beliefs as they downplay the importance of equality and show little interest in protecting others, researchers conclude.
A new study links substance use disorder to specific personality traits and certain psychological disorders. Researchers found those who scored high for the personality trait of neuroticism and those with depression and anxiety were at greater risk of SUD.
People with a neurotic personality type have a stronger relationship with both stressor exposure and perceived stress than any of the other four personality types.
Study reveals a link between diastolic blood pressure and an increased risk of neurotic personality traits. Controlling blood pressure can help to reduce anxiety, depression, and neuroticism.
Those with strong and highly reactive emotions benefit from feline interventions when it comes to stress relief programs.
The COVID-19 pandemic may have altered the trajectory of personality in individuals, especially in younger people.
New findings put theories about personality associated with a sibling's gender under the microscope, reporting a sibling's gender may not be as influential on the development of personality traits as previously believed.