In comparison, “good” people were perceived as more conforming, traditional, secure, warm, agreeable, universalistic, ...

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

Happy, roughly 50 years old, was born in the wild and named after a dwarf from the movie “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” Happy’s living space at the Bronx Zoo is separated by a fence from ...

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.

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

Science suggests there's one personality type that's more likely to be satisfied making less money. According to a new report from Truity Psychometrics, a provider of online personality and career ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Here are 9 personality traits truly happy people have that set them apart from others. 1. Happy people like themselves. Happy people are satisfied and appreciative of who they are as individuals.

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 ...