Personality on Björn Perssonhttps://bjorn-persson.github.io/tags/personality/Recent content in Personality on Björn PerssonHugo -- 0.147.2enWed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000The Power of Many Small Sex Differences in Cognition, Personality, and Interestshttps://bjorn-persson.github.io/papers/sex-differences-prediction-2026/Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://bjorn-persson.github.io/papers/sex-differences-prediction-2026/Multiple small sex differences across cognition, personality, and interests jointly predict sex with 80% accuracy and account for a substantial share of variance in occupational gender segregation. Published in Scientific Reports, 2026.Empathy and Universal Values Explicated by the Empathy-Altruism Hypothesishttps://bjorn-persson.github.io/papers/empathy-altruism-2016/Fri, 18 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://bjorn-persson.github.io/papers/empathy-altruism-2016/Two studies test the empathy-altruism hypothesis by examining how emotional and cognitive empathy relate to Schwartz's universal social values. Published in The Journal of Social Psychology, 2016.Hedonism, Achievement, and Power: Universal Values That Characterize the Dark Triadhttps://bjorn-persson.github.io/papers/dark-triad-values-2015/Sat, 17 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://bjorn-persson.github.io/papers/dark-triad-values-2015/Using cross-cultural data from Sweden and the US, this paper maps Dark Triad personality traits onto Schwartz's universal social values. Published in Personality and Individual Differences, 2015.