Overview
Personality traits are enduring dispositions that describe consistent patterns of thought, feeling and behaviour distinguishing individuals from one another. They are most commonly organised within the Five-Factor Model, or Big Five, which categorises personality along the dimensions of openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism, providing a framework for measuring individual differences and predicting outcomes across the lifespan. Traits interact with cognition, emotional wellbeing, social interaction and susceptibility to psychological disorder, and their study relies on psychometric assessment, developmental psychology and clinical research. Research relevant to this area includes spatial positioning and individual differences in learning environments; the role of mental functions and autobiographical memory in the formation of identity and life story in adolescence; the influence of dietary patterns on sleep disturbance; cognitive-analytic therapy in patients with breast cancer and post-traumatic stress; the integration of short-term dynamic psychotherapy with hypnosis and solution-focused methods; psychological assessment in children and youth with deviant behaviour; and neurofeedback approaches in autism spectrum disorder. Further work examines the doctor-patient relationship, impulse-control disorders in Parkinson's disease, drug abuse among street children, and the mind-body relationship in pain. Across these contributions the field characterises how stable trait dimensions shape behaviour, identity, learning, interpersonal relationships and mental health, drawing on trait theory and assessment to understand individual differences and their psychological and clinical correlates.
Research published in this journal
12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
The Effectiveness of Cognitive-Analytic Therapy in Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Pain between Psyche and Soma in Uro-Andrology
MRI Study and Psychological Assessment in Children and Youth with Deviation Behaviour
Review on Frequency Neurofeedback on Autism Spectrum Disorder: Overview, Efficacy and Research Direction
How Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy Merges with Hypnotism and Solution- Focused Methods
Doctor-Patient Relationship as Dancing a Dance
Drug Abuse among Street Children
Prevalence of Impulse Control Disorders among Adult Filipino Patients with Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease seen at Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center
How this research is being cited
The 12 articles above have been cited 94 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
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2026 · Child Indicators Research
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2026 · Global Public Health
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2026 · OAS Journal of Medical and Health Sciences
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2025 · Khulna University Studies
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Siyu Yu et al. · 2025 · SAGE Open
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2025 · Child Abuse & Neglect
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2025 · Child Abuse & Neglect
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2025 · INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
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