Women are about twice as likely as are men to develop depression during their lifetime. This
Series paper summarises evidence regarding the epidemiology on gender differences in …

Psychology has historically been concerned, first and foremost, with explaining the causal
mechanisms that give rise to behavior. Randomized, tightly controlled experiments are …

In this target article, we argue that personality processes, personality structure, and
personality development have to be understood and investigated in integrated ways in order …

Personality is influenced by genetic and environmental factors and associated with mental
health. However, the underlying genetic determinants are largely unknown. We identified six …

This review serves as a systematic guide to the genetics of generalized anxiety disorder
(GAD) and further focuses on anxiety-relevant endophenotypes, such as pathological worry …

This study investigates the creation of polygenic scores (PGS) s for human population
research. PGSs are a linear, usually weighted, combination of risk alleles that estimate the …

Background: Reported associations between shiftwork and health have largely been based
on occupation-specific, or single sex studies that might not be generalizable to the entire …

Social anxiety is a neurobehavioral trait characterized by fear and reticence in social
situations. Twin studies have shown that social anxiety has a heritable basis, shared with …

Mood instability is a core clinical feature of affective and psychotic disorders. In keeping with
the Research Domain Criteria approach, it may be a useful construct for identifying biology …

Hair cortisol concentration (HCC) is a promising measure of long-term hypothalamus-
pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity. Previous research has suggested an association …