Personality is the relatively stable, organised pattern of thoughts, emotions, motivations and behaviours that characterises an individual and distinguishes them from others. As a central construct in psychology, it is described through trait models such as the Five-Factor Model, which organises personality into bro…
Personality is the relatively stable, organised pattern of thoughts, emotions, motivations and behaviours that characterises an individual and distinguishes them from others. As a central construct in psychology, it is described through trait models such as the Five-Factor Model, which organises personality into broad dimensions, and through dynamic and developmental accounts of how identity, temperament and self-concept form and change. Personality interacts with cognition, emotional wellbeing, social functioning and vulnerability to mental-health disorders, and its study draws on psychometric assessment, developmental psychology and clinical research. Research relevant to this area includes the influence of personality alongside anxiety, depression and family interaction on the psychological wellbeing and suicidal ideation of nursing students; the role of mental functions and autobiographical memory in the development of identity and life story in adolescence; emotional intelligence and its association with self-efficacy in higher education; spatial positioning and individual differences in learning settings; dissociative amnesia as a challenge to therapy; psychological assessment in children and youth with deviant behaviour; participation in cognitive-stimulation training in mild cognitive impairment; and therapeutic approaches such as cognitive-analytic therapy and short-term dynamic psychotherapy. Further work examines the mind-body relationship in pain and the influence of diet on sleep and mood. Across these contributions the field characterises the structure, development and assessment of personality and its links to identity, emotion, social interaction, learning and mental health.
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