Is it possible to spot personality dysfunction from someone's everyday word use? My colleagues and I have conducted research that suggests you can, and often sooner than you might expect.

Personality is a critical driver of health and longevity," said paper author and psychologist Páraic Ó’Súilleabháin.

Genetic factors account for much of the variation in personality traits across the lifespan. Shared upbringing plays a ...

When someone is cruel and lacks empathy, it indicates they likely aren't a good person. And if someone is a bad person at ...

Recent psychological research has identified distinct personality profiles that shed light on why some individuals turn to sexual behavior to manage emotional distress while others do not. The ...

A new study published in BMC Psychology provides evidence that the way people judge a woman’s physical attractiveness differs ...

Have you ever wondered how your personality is related to how you do in life? Estonian researchers have put together a large ...

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 ...

Various studies have looked at how personality changes over our lives, so how stable is your personality, really?

A study from the University of Limerick analyzing almost six million person-years of data has revealed that personality ...