Category: George W. Bush

Index of Studies Conducted at the Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics

Partial index of psychological studies of U.S. presidents and presidential candidates, foreign leaders, and leading terrorist figures conducted at the Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics.

Trump’s Personality Could Win, Except …

Summary: Donald Trump’s primary personality patterns are ambitious / exploitative (a measure of narcissism), and outgoing / impulsive (a measure of extraversion). Secondarily, Trump exhibits a dominant / controlling pattern, supplemented by dauntless / adventurous and contentious / resolute tendencies — a personality composite best labeled a “high-dominance charismatic.”

George W. Bush Remarks on Conservation and the Environment.

The Political Personality of Texas Governor George W. Bush

Psychological analysis reveals George W. Bush’s primary personality patterns are Outgoing/gregarious and Dauntless/adventurous, with secondary Dominant/asserting and Accommodating/cooperative features. A dimensional reconceptualization of the results suggests that Bush is highly extraverted/charismatic and somewhat agreeable/interpersonal, but not very conscientious/deliberative.