Diagnosing personality disorders in children is controversial due to natural developmental shifts in mood and behavior. When maladaptive traits remain pervasive and persistent, however, a personality ...

Tim Windsor receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Natalie Goulter receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council. Let’s start by exploring what we mean by ...

Birth order theory is a perennial favorite topic on the internet: Are firstborn children really the independent trailblazers they’re made out to be? Are middle children really the peacemakers who ...

One of the main critiques is that completing the test more than once within a short period of time can generate different results (what is called poor “test-retest reliability”). Since personality is ...