Psychologists sometimes joke that the majority of their studies are conducted on “Weird” people. By Weird, they mean individuals who live in western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic ...

Personality traits matter for a variety of life outcomes, including health and aging, marital and career success, and economic decisions such as spending behaviors. The same persistent differences in ...

Psychologists tend to use five overarching traits to describe people's personalities: extraversion, agreeableness, openness to experience, neuroticism, and conscientiousness. New research published in ...

A study of 18,000 leaders shows women and men share similar leadership traits, shifting focus to how experience, environment, ...

Emotional support perceived through social media was statistically associated with lower anxiety among U.S. young adults, ...