In this review, we evaluate four topics in the study of personality development where
discernible progress has been made since 1995 (the last time the area of personality …

Evidence shows that people feel mild positive moods when no strong emotional events are
occurring, a phenomenon known as positive mood offset. We offer an evolutionary …

Psychological aspects of well-being are increasingly recognized and studied as
fundamental components of healthy human functioning. However, this body of work is …

Transition to university is stressful and successful adjustment is imperative for well-being.
Historically research on transitional stress focussed on negative outcomes and ill health …

Dozens of studies in different nations have revealed that socioeconomic status only weakly
predicts an individual's subjective well-being (SWB). These results imply that although the …

This chapter introduces readers to a basic model and framework with which to understand
how human cultures influence, and are influenced by, psychological processes and …

We describe an integrated theory of individual differences that traces the behavioral
development of life history from genes to brain to reproductive strategy. We provide …

We have an ethical responsibility to provide captive animals with environments that allow
them to experience good welfare. Husbandry activities are often scheduled for the …

Subjective well-being is known to be related to personality traits. However, to date, nobody
has examined whether personality and subjective well-being share a common genetic …

Archival data from the MIDUS survey (Brim et al., 2000), a nationally representative sample,
on 309 MZ and 333 DZ twin pairs aged 25–74 years were used to test the psychometrics …