At the same time, he clearly saw—and regretted—the effects of his unhappy personality. “I can easily imagine what you must ...

In a study published in the European Journal of Personality, researchers found that emotionally stable and conscientious ...

If so, a new study out of the Colby Personality Lab might interest you. Turns out that the common-sense wisdom that personality profoundly affects our ability to be happy might be only half the story.

“If we look at the research, it suggests that people are just happier because they have a happy personality,” said William Hobbs, assistant professor of psychology in the College of Human Ecology and ...

My friend is also an unusually happy person, which I had always thought explained his enthusiasm. But I had it backwards. In truth, enthusiasm is one of the personality traits that appear to drive ...

The most common way to measure personality is by using the so-called Big Five Personality Traits, which can be remembered via the acronym OCEAN: openness (to experience), conscientiousness ...