Difficulties with anger control are known to characterize people with borderline personality disorder (BPD). If you have a friend or loved one with this disorder, you know how little unexpected things ...

Investigates relationship of reader's self concepts and personality components to semantic meanings. A sample of 89 junior and senior college students rated a protagonist in a story, "I Starved for ...

American culture values the freedom to change and reinvent one's self. A new study, however, reveals that Americans who do change tend to report a lower sense of well-being. American culture values ...

Using the Interpersonal Checklist (ICL) this investigation explored the relationship between self-concept, choice of study option, and subsequent performance in an introductory psychology course. The ...

Based on genetic studies, scientists estimate that 30% to 60% of your personality is inheritable. Research also suggests that significant personality changes tend to occur between ages 20 to 40. Were ...

After more than two years of pandemic life, it seems like we’ve changed as people. But how? In the beginning, many wished for a return to normal, only to realize that this might never be possible—and ...