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·January 21, 2023·4 min read

Personality Traits Could Predict Those Prone to Prejudice

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.

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·December 29, 2022·4 min read

Addictive Behavior Linked to Personality and Psychopathology

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.

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·November 29, 2022·4 min read

Neurotic Personality Trait a Key Risk Factor for Stress Perception

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.

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·November 21, 2022·2 min read

Blood Pressure Highly Likely to Cause Neurotic Personality Trait

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.

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·October 25, 2022·5 min read

Highly Emotional People Drawn to Cats for Stress Relief

Those with strong and highly reactive emotions benefit from feline interventions when it comes to stress relief programs.

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·September 28, 2022·3 min read

Did the Pandemic Change Our Personalities?

The COVID-19 pandemic may have altered the trajectory of personality in individuals, especially in younger people.

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·August 28, 2022·5 min read

Does a Sibling’s Gender Influence Our Own Personality?

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.

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·August 25, 2022·3 min read

‘Beauty Goggles’: How Attractiveness Influences How We See People

People judge others they consider attractive to be high in positive personality traits and low in potentially negative personality traits.

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·August 10, 2022·6 min read

Is There Really Such a Thing as an ‘Addictive Personality’?

Addiction may not always be a fixed personality or genetic trait, instead the result of our plastic brains learning the effect of drugs on our individual responses and the environmental setting in which the substance is used.

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·August 1, 2022·4 min read

Perfectionism May Be a Risk Factor for Severe Alcohol Use Disorder

Study finds a link between the personality trait of perfectionism and severe alcohol use disorder.

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·June 4, 2022·4 min read

Long-Term Personality Traits Influence Problem-Solving

Zebra finches have stable personality traits and some of the traits enabled the birds to come up with innovative solutions to complex foraging tasks, a new study reports.

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·June 1, 2022·5 min read

A Surprising Way to Tamper Ugly Dark Triad Personality Traits

Activities targeting agreeableness were shown to reduce Dark Triad personality traits. However, those with Dark Triad personality disorders are less likely to want intervention to increase agreeableness.

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personality traits

Personality Traits Could Predict Those Prone to Prejudice

Addictive Behavior Linked to Personality and Psychopathology

Neurotic Personality Trait a Key Risk Factor for Stress Perception

Blood Pressure Highly Likely to Cause Neurotic Personality Trait

Highly Emotional People Drawn to Cats for Stress Relief

Did the Pandemic Change Our Personalities?

Does a Sibling’s Gender Influence Our Own Personality?

‘Beauty Goggles’: How Attractiveness Influences How We See People

Is There Really Such a Thing as an ‘Addictive Personality’?

Perfectionism May Be a Risk Factor for Severe Alcohol Use Disorder

Long-Term Personality Traits Influence Problem-Solving

A Surprising Way to Tamper Ugly Dark Triad Personality Traits

AI’s Vulnerability to Misguided Human Arguments

Maternal Inflammation Linked to Child Behavioral Dysregulation

Brain Area Associated With Impulse Control Discovered

Serotonin Drop Linked to Memory Decline in Early Alzheimer’s Progression

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