Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. There are hundreds of traits psychologists use to describe someone’s ...

Experts have often commented on the distinction between personality and intelligence, as the former is generally assessed by subjective methods such as questionnaires, while the latter can be ...

A new study explores the relationship between antagonistic personality traits and basic models of personality. A new study published in the Journal of Personality examines how dark personality traits ...

Almost by definition, personality traits are thought to be enduring psychological features. They mark someone as thinking and behaving in a characteristic way right now—and, probably, tomorrow and ...

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a well-known personality assessment tool based on the theories of psychologist Carl Jung. Research on its accuracy has had mixed results. MBTI classifies ...

Some people never seem to get sick of social time. These folks shine at parties and professional meetups. If you know someone like this, you’d probably describe them as an extrovert — the polar ...

Individuals with social anxiety disorder have markedly different personality traits than others. Emotional instability and introversion are hallmarks, according to a new study. Individuals with social ...

A psychometric analysis on patients with duodenal ulcer using latent structure coefficients (Loevinger and Mokken) showed that the MMPI subscales of depression, psychasthenia, hypochondriasis, ...

Conventional wisdom says you might be an introvert if you’re quiet and shy. In this view, everyone else is an extrovert (also spelled extravert in psychology circles) — an introvert’s outgoing, social ...