New research suggests that longevity is influenced not just by diet and exercise but also by personality traits. A study in ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A new study found certain personality traits are linked to mild cognitive decline later in life. The research, published Monday in the Journal of Personality and Social ...

The Otrovert personality, coined by Dr. Rami Kaminski, describes individuals who don't strongly identify with social groups, ...

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 ...

When people are confronted with negative feedback, they often respond by trying to protect their self-image. But not everyone reacts the same way. A new study published in the journal Social ...

From kind to selfish, funny or shy — we all hold dozens of personality traits that make us unique. They could help predict the risk of dementia, a memory-destroying disease that strikes millions in ...

At a basic level, knowing yourself and your preferences can work as an intuitive guide for making most kinds of decisions.

Job satisfaction is not only good for your career. Being happy at work spills over to other areas of your life — affecting your mental, emotional and physical health. One of the ways to determine a ...

A new article appearing in the journal PLOS-ONE suggests that people who espouse a "Social Darwinist" view of the world — that is, a belief that the world is a competitive jungle where only the strong ...