A new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality identifies the types of people who may be best equipped to satisfy their basic psychological needs, such as the need for autonomy, ...

The concept of personality typology — a system of classifying human personality according to a general type — has long been fascinating and studied. There are various personality typologies today, ...

People love taking personality tests, but are personality types real? Maybe, and maybe not. Personality development is complicated, and most healthy personality types are not so easily defined. Your ...

“Our love grows soft if it is not strengthened by truth, and our truth grows hard if it is not softened by love.” — John Stott “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not ...

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 ...

Although it's likely to see some of oneself in the nine personality types, this test helps to look deeper at each personality so the quiz-taker can see theirs more clearly. While people can grow and ...

Criminal behavior has a negative impact on individuals, economies, and society at large. Beyond the physical and psychological harm inflicted on victims, there are also financial ramifications. For ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. A new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality identifies the ...