New Content From Current Directions in Psychological Science
A Transdiagnostic Perspective on Youth IrritabilityDaniel N. Klein, Lea R. Dougherty, Ellen M. Kessel, Jamilah Silver, and Gabrielle A. CarlsonIrritability, which can manifest itself as an angry mood...
View ArticleDo Callous Personalities Win In Business? New Research Suggests Not
A new article published in the academic journal Personality and Individuals Differences casts doubt on a widely held assumption in the professional world — that cold and unsympathetic individuals are...
View ArticleI Gave Myself Three Months to Change My Personality
One morning last summer, I woke up and announced, to no one in particular: “I choose to be happy today!” Next I journaled about the things I was grateful for and tried to think more positively about...
View ArticlePersonality and Birth Cohort: Does the Decade Make a Difference?
Do people’s personality traits reflect when they were born? In a recent article in Psychological Science, Naemi D. Brandt (University of Hamburg) and a team of researchers from Germany and the United...
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New Research in Psychological Science
Exact Number Concepts Are Limited to the Verbal Count RangeBenjamin Pitt, Edward Gibson, and Steven T. PiantadosiPitt and colleagues tested the role of language in number concepts among the Tsimane’...
View ArticleThe Questionable Compatibility of Introverts and Extroverts
Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung popularized the terms introvert and extrovert in the 1900s; but a century later, his postulations about personality types have become so warped by popular culture that the...
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Dueling Diagnoses
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is so widely used and fundamental to psychiatry and clinical psychology that it is commonly called the “bible” of the mental health...
View ArticleNew Content From Perspectives on Psychological Science
Leveraging the Strengths of Psychologists With Lived Experience of PsychopathologySarah E. Victor et al. Recent research has suggested that a significant proportion of clinical, counseling, and school...
View ArticleHappiness Study Reveals a Critical Difference Between Two Types of People
HUMANS HAVE A complicated relationship with happiness. Consider this study on the subject: Scientists found that valuing happiness can lead to less happiness when you feel happy. It’s an emotional...
View ArticleThe Science of Starting Up
Traits tied to success • Entrepreneurial hotspots • Entrepreneurial training • Future directions Bryan Stacy felt devastated by the 2019 failure of his first business venture—a virtual sexual health...
View ArticleTeaching: How Psychological Scientists Understand the Origin of...
Aimed at integrating cutting-edge psychological science into the classroom, Teaching Current Directions in Psychological Science offers advice and how-to guidance about teaching a particular area of...
View ArticlePersonality Can Change From One Hour to the Next
Psychologists use personality traits such as extroversion, neuroticism or anxiety as a means of characterizing typical patterns of thought, emotion and behavior that differ from one person to the...
View ArticleWhat Your Favorite Personality Test Says About You
In ancient Greece, the physician Hippocrates is said to have theorized that the ratio of four bodily fluids—blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm—dictated a person’s distinct temperament. The...
View ArticleErectile Dysfunction Isn’t Just a Blood Flow Issue. Here’s What to Know About...
Blood flow is often blamed when it comes to erectile dysfunction, but a new medical review suggests that treatment plans shouldn’t ignore what’s also happening psychologically. According to a recent...
View ArticleTo Lead a Meaningful Life, Become Your Own Hero
What do Beowulf, Batman and Barbie all have in common? Ancient legends, comic book sagas and blockbuster movies alike share a storytelling blueprint called “the hero’s journey.” This timeless...
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Driving Simulation and AI Deepen Insights into Impulsivity
Psychological research often relies on participants to report or reflect on their own behavior, but these perceptions don’t always align with how they act in the real world or even during experiments...
View ArticleWhat Setting Suits You?
Aimed at integrating cutting-edge psychological science into the classroom, columns about teaching Current Directions in Psychological Science offer advice and how-to guidance about teaching a...
View ArticlePolitical Tribes Are Predictable
With the US election imminent, we view who to vote for as one of the most important choices in our lives. But, writes John T. Jost, whether liberal or conservative, our political affinities as adults...
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Singles Differ in Personality Traits and Life Satisfaction Compared to...
Although being married or in a long-term relationship is often seen as the norm, more people are staying single for life. But singlehood can bring economic and medical disadvantages, especially as...
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