Personality is the relatively enduring pattern of thoughts, feelings, motivations, and behaviors that characterizes an individual and distinguishes one person from another across situations and over time. Psychological research conceptualizes personality through trait frameworks that describe stable dimensions of in…
Personality is the relatively enduring pattern of thoughts, feelings, motivations, and behaviors that characterizes an individual and distinguishes one person from another across situations and over time. Psychological research conceptualizes personality through trait frameworks that describe stable dimensions of individual difference, as well as through developmental, cognitive, and clinical perspectives that examine how these patterns form, interact with the environment, and influence functioning. Personality is closely linked to mental health, shaping vulnerability and resilience to disorders such as anxiety and depression, influencing coping and interpersonal relationships, and informing assessment and treatment. Research interests include the interplay of personality with emotional functioning, identity development, family and social context, and psychological well-being, as well as the use of psychological and neuroimaging assessment to characterize individual differences. The peer-reviewed studies indexed under this topic examine relationships among anxiety, depression, personality, and family interaction in nursing students; autobiographical memory and identity development in adolescence; dissociative and psychotherapeutic phenomena; psychological assessment in youth with behavioral deviation; cognitive and emotional factors in well-being; and the influence of behavioral and contextual factors on functioning. Together they reflect investigation of personality and individual differences in relation to emotional, developmental, and clinical outcomes, with particular relevance to mental health across the lifespan.
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