Body dysmorphic disorder is characterized by unrealistic beauty standards.
A study by Crerand and colleagues (2006) found body dysmorphic disorder to be associated with cosmetic surgery. The study found that 7 to 15 percent of the patients, who undergo a cosmetic surgery, suffer from the disorder, and the study also found that individuals with body dysmorphic disorder don’t benefit from cosmetic surgeries. Continue reading
Posted in Personality Psychology
Tagged beauty, body dysmorphic disorder, personality disorder
Facebook is one of many social network sites (SNS) where people present themselves in certain ways and maintain their relationships, but what does research say about the characteristics of individuals who use SNSs more than others? Do they differ on personality characteristics? In fact, evidence shows that this might be the case.
Posted in Internet, Personality Psychology
Tagged facebook, narcissism, self-presentation, social network, twitter
Why is it that some people enjoy going to parties, doing conferences, talking in public, and others absolutely do not? Continue reading
Posted in Introversion, Neuropsychology, Personality Psychology
Tagged extraversion, introversion
To know oneself (or one’s self) is in fact a life long project. We spend a huge amount of time to get to know people and hereafter we analyze them in order to make sense of what they are doing, and why they are doing so. Continue reading
Posted in Personality Psychology, Psychology
One of the grandfathers of personality psychology, Erik Erikson, wrote an interesting article about this subject. Erikson (1970) found that identity crisis is one of the most important conflicts that an individual will face in its developmental course. Continue reading
My name is Simon Moesgaard, a psychologist from Denmark, and this is my blog about psychology.
