This is the way certain behaviors in the child—artistic creativity or fearful dependence, for example—are shaped in parent-baby interactions. In order to understand how the process of personality ...

Despite being disproven, a common belief is that the personality you develop by your 20s is the one you’ll have your whole life. If you’re extroverted, you’ll stay that way forever, and if you tend to ...

People love taking personality tests, but are personality types real? Maybe, and maybe not. Personality development is complicated, and most healthy personality types are not so easily defined. Your ...

While Conscientiousness and Type D are the headline stories, the other traits in the Big Five still plays crucial roles in ...

The Editors at Communications Psychology, Nature Communications, and Scientific Reports invite submissions on the topic of personality development. This curated Collection will bring together ...

An individual’s genetics and their environment both shape their personality. However, opinions differ on the degree to which each of these factors influences personality, and how they contribute to ...