In this paper, we argue that friendship should receive more attention in social/personality
research. Here, we focus on our area of expertise, personality traits, and review the literature …

The current review synthesizes and builds from the extant literature to help explain how and
why conscientiousness predicts a vast array of positive life outcomes. Toward this end, we …

As part of the resurgence of interest in personality development, we wrote several theoretical
pieces outlining the Neo-Socioanalytic Model of Personality Development. In this chapter …

The transactional paradigm states that people create, maintain, and change their
environments according to their personalities. At the same time, the environment reacts back …

Agreeableness is a summary label for individual differences in the motivation to maintain
positive relations with others. Agreeableness is one of the major dimensions in the Big Five …

Previous research suggests that social relations are associated with age-related memory
change. However, social relations are complex and multidimensional, and it is not yet clear …

In conjunction with the increased interest in personality development, the authors developed
new frameworks and theoretical ideas to help understand and explain these new findings …

Growing research on personality–relationship dynamics demonstrates that people's
personality and their (enjoyment of) social relationships are closely intertwined. Using …

Background: Good personality is a positive moral personality in the context of Chinese
Confucianism. Based on a social-cognitive model of normative well-being, we propose that …

Correlated change in personality is essential to understanding change and development. It
refers to the question of whether and to what degree changes in personality are interrelated …