
Personality - American Psychological Association (APA)
Personality refers to individual differences in patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. The study of personality focuses on individual differences in personality characteristics and how the parts of a …
Personality: Where Does it Come From? - Article Spotlight - APA
Feb 13, 2018 · Personality: Where Does it Come From and How Does it Work? February 13, 2018 How do our personalities develop? What do we come with and what is built from our experiences? Once …
Treating patients with borderline personality disorder
Apr 1, 2025 · Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a common but often misunderstood condition, even by seasoned mental health professionals. Fortunately, enhanced diagnostic criteria and training …
Personality is a high-interest topic in high school psychology because most students are in Erik Erikson’s identity versus role confusion stage and are in the process of solidifying many aspects of …
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
JPSP is APA's top ranked, peer reviewed journal on personality and social psychology. Learn how to access the latest research, submit your paper, and more.
Cool is cool wherever you are - American Psychological Association (APA)
Jun 30, 2025 · People in at least a dozen countries agree about what it means to be cool, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.
What you need to know about willpower: The psychological science of ...
Jan 26, 2012 · Willpower is the ability to resist short-term temptations in order to meet long-term goals. With more self-control would we all eat right, exercise regularly, avoid drugs and alcohol, save for …
A 10-year retrospective on the DSM–5 alternative model of personality ...
Aug 29, 2022 · A special issue of Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment reviews the state of the science on the Alternative Model for Personality Disorders nearly 10 years after its …
Levels of personality functioning is classified as Criterion A of the AMPD description of PDs and assesses personality pathology by its expressions in the sense of self and interpersonal relatedness.
Only children are often misunderstood. Take a closer look at the science
Sep 1, 2024 · Personality and social skills Large-scale research studies have searched for personality differences between only children and those with siblings, but most have found only minimal effects, …