Paranoid personality disorder may be first apparent in childhood or adolescence. People who suffer prefer solitude, have poor peer relationships, social anxiety, academic underachievement, ...

Research on self-concordant goals shows that people experience greater well-being when their actions reflect their authentic ...

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Flirting is often seen as playful behavior that signals interest to a potential partner. But according to new research, there ...

Twelve years ago, I tried to drive a stake into the heart of the personality-testing industry. Personality tests are neither valid nor reliable, I argued, and we should stop using them — especially ...

People love taking personality tests to learn more about themselves, but until recently, experts believed types didn't exist. A 2018 study discovered four types. Even though personality type tests ...

According to a new review of the link between personality and academic achievement, personality is a better way to predict success at school than intelligence as it's usually measured, by traditional ...

In one of the most famous scenes from the Harry Potter series, a group of kids, new to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, line up before an old and crumpled wizard's hat. It is the ...

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There are several different types of personality disorders, broadly categorized into cluster A, B, and C disorders. Examples include paranoid, antisocial, and dependent personality disorders. An ...