Openness

Research on three Ingredients to Resilience: 1. Increase awareness of stress and its manifestations while adopting an attitude of openness and curiosity. 2. Develop equanimity, a state of mind with neither attachment nor aversion toward experiences. 3. Increase coping flexibility.

A new study on 9,400 kids aged 11-17 and their parents, found that five key personality traits in parents can significantly affect their child’s health, grades and more. These traits are: Extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness and neuroticism

Recent research suggests building resilience requires three ingredients: 1. Increased awareness of stressors, with an attitude of curiosity and openness. 2. Equanimity, meaning responding to all experiences with the same level of interest. 3. The use of active and flexible coping strategies.

China bets big on brain research with massive cash infusion and openness to monkey studies

A study of characteristics of U.S. presidential candidate supporters finds, among other things, preference for Trump was predicted by lower Openness and higher Volatility, but lower Compassion and higher Industriousness. Support for Biden was predicted by higher Compassion, Intellect, and Withdrawal