Category: Personality

Negotiations work best when both sides have matching personality traits

From the University of Georgia press release: Negotiations work best when both sides have matching personality traits — even if they’re both disagreeable — according to research from the University… Read more »

Frankly, we do give a damn: Study finds links between swearing and honesty

From the University of Cambridge media release: It’s long been associated with anger and coarseness but profanity can have another, more positive connotation. Psychologists have learned that people who frequently curse are… Read more »

Maternal depression across the first years of life impacts neural basis of empathy in children

From the Elsevier media release: Exposure to early and chronic maternal depression markedly increases a child’s susceptibility to psychopathology and social-emotional problems, including social withdrawal, poor emotion regulation, and reduced… Read more »

School principals shape students’ values via school climate

From the Association for Psychological Science media release: Over time, students’ personal values become more similar to those of their school principal, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal… Read more »

Borderline personality disorder: As scientific understanding increases, improved clinical management needed

From the Wolters Kluwer Health media release: Even as researchers gain new insights into the neurobiology of borderline personality disorder (BPD), there’s a pressing need to improve diagnosis and management of… Read more »