Research suggests that high neuroticism (compared to low) leads people to experience more negative and less positive feelings ...

Not too long ago, a doctoral student asked me if very low neuroticism can ever be a problem. Here I share why I answered by saying: “Yes, if it comes with some other traits and character structures.” ...

Cases and controls were recruited from 51 mental health centers and psychiatric departments of general medical hospitals, in 40 cities across 21 provinces. Please refer to previously published ...

Neurotic people aren't only making themselves miserable; they cost society billions of dollars in health care spending and lost productivity, according to new research from the Netherlands. "We ...

In everyday life, our emotions often change from moment to moment, and people experience these fluctuations to varying degrees. Psychologists at Leipzig University have studied the relationship ...

You don’t have to be free of neurotic behavior to thrive: experts say it’s ‘just one facet’ of our personalities In one early Seinfeld episode, George Costanza became convinced that his girlfriend was ...

Diastolic blood pressure—the lower of the two numbers in a blood pressure reading—is highly likely to cause neurotic personality trait, finds research published in General Psychiatry. And keeping it ...

While mellowing with age has often been thought to have positive effects, a Purdue University researcher has shown that doing so could also help you live longer. Dan Mroczek (pronounced Mro-ZAK), an ...

“Previous studies are in agreement that neurotic people experience stronger negative emotions in everyday life. Because of new, contradictory studies, there has been disagreement about whether this is ...