Tag: personality

Study suggests self-controlled children tend to be healthier middle-aged adults

From the Duke University press release: Self-control, the ability to contain one’s own thoughts, feelings and behaviors, and to work toward goals with a plan, is one of the personality… Read more »

Study suggests link between word choices and extraverts

From the Nanyang Technological University press release: A study by a team of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) psychologists has found a link between extraverts and their word choices…. Read more »

Study looks at interaction of personality and well-being during the pandemic

From the University of Münster press release: During the corona crisis, neurotic people experience more negative emotions in their everyday lives, are more unstable emotionally and worry more about their… Read more »

Study suggests effectiveness of fitness-boosting strategies may be linked to personality traits

From the PLOS press release: In a randomized clinical trial, the effectiveness of different strategies for boosting physical activity varied according to participants’ demographic, psychological, and behavioral characteristics. Xisui Shirley… Read more »

Study suggests personality traits affect shelter at home compliance

From the American Psychological Association press release: A worldwide survey conducted during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic found that people with certain common personality traits were less likely… Read more »

Study suggests that becoming more empathetic may lead to changes in political leanings

From the Michigan State University press release: When people say that they want to change things about their personalities, they might not know about the inadvertent consequences these changes could… Read more »

Study suggests personality traits may affect physical activity levels

From the University of Jyväskylä press release: Personality traits help to understand why some people are physically active and others are not. A new study from the Gerontology Research Center… Read more »