Network analysis represents a novel theoretical approach to personality. Network
approaches motivate alternative ways of analyzing data, and suggest new ways of modeling …

Conscientiousness is a personality construct that is a core determinant of health, positive
aging, and human capital. A large body of work has contributed to our understanding of this …

We argue that it is useful to distinguish between three key goals of personality science—
description, prediction and explanation—and that attaining them often requires different …

Age and gender differences in narcissism have been studied often. However, considering
the rich history of narcissism research accompanied by its diverging conceptualizations, little …

Previous research has found that most people want to change their personality traits. But
can people actually change their personalities just because they want to? To answer this …

Policy-makers are considering large-scale programs aimed at self-control to improve
citizens' health and wealth and reduce crime. Experimental and economic studies suggest …

This chapter explores the power of personality traits both as predictors and as causes of
academic and economic success, health, and criminal activity. Measured personality is …

Hypotheses about mean-level age differences in the Big Five personality domains, as well
as 10 more specific facet traits within those domains, were tested in a very large cross …

NEO instruments are widely used to assess Big Five personality factors, but confirmatory
factor analyses (CFAs) conducted at the item level do not support their a priori structure due …

The development of personality across the human life course may be observed from three
different standpoints: the person as actor (behaving), agent (striving), and author (narrating) …