Tag: personality

Study suggests Industrial Revolution may have left a damaging psychological ‘imprint’ on today’s populations

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From the University of Cambridge press release: People living in the former industrial heartlands of England and Wales are more disposed to negative emotions such as anxiety and depressive moods,… Read more »

Study suggests employee-job personality match linked with higher income

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From the Association for Psychological Science press release: An employee whose personality traits closely match the traits that are ideal for her job is likely to earn more than an… Read more »

Study suggests risk of distracted driving predicted by age, gender, personality and driving frequency

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From the Frontiers press release: New research identifies age, gender, personality and how often people drive as potential risk factors for becoming distracted while driving. Young men, extroverted or neurotic… Read more »

Study suggests “dark triad” personality traits are liabilities in hedge fund managers

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From the Society for Personality and Social Psychology press release: When it comes to financial investments, hedge fund managers higher in “dark triad” personality traits — psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism —… Read more »

Study looks at how disliked classes affect incidence of college student cheating

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From the Ohio State University press release: One of the tactics that discourages student cheating may not work as well in courses that college students particularly dislike, a new study has… Read more »