The Cambridge handbook of personality psychology / edited by Philip J. Corr and Gerald Matthews.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Conceptual issues in personality theory / Susan Cloninger -- 2. Personality psychology of situations / Seth A. Wagerman and David C. Funder -- 3. Personality : traits and situations / Jens B. Asendorpf -- 4. Personality and emotion / Rainer Reisenzein and Hannelore Weber -- 5. The characterization of persons : some fundamental conceptual issues / James T. Lamiell -- 6. The trait approach to personality / Ian J. Deary -- 7. Methods of personality assessment / Gregory J. Boyle and Edward Helmes -- 8. Structural models of personality / Boele de Raad -- 9. The five-factor model of personality traits : consensus and controversy / Robert R. McCrae -- 10. Personality and intelligence / Phillip L. Ackerman -- 11. Childhood temperament / Mary K. Rothbart, Brad E. Sheese and Elisabeth D. Conradt -- 12. The development of personality across the lifespan / M. Brent Donnellan and Richard W. Robins -- 13. Models of personality and health / Marko Elovainio and Mika Kivimäki -- 14. Attachment theory I : motivational, individual-differences and structural aspects / Phillip R. Shaver and Mario Mikulincer -- 15. Attachment theory II : developmental, psychodynamic and optimal-functioning aspects / Mario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver -- 16. Evolutionary theories of personality / Aurelio José Figueredo, Paul Gladden, Geneva Vásquez, Pedro Sofio Abril Wolf and Daniel Nelson Jones -- 17. Animal models of personality and cross-species comparisons / Samuel D. Gosling and B. Austin Harley -- 18. Behavioural genetics : from variance to DNA / Marcus R. Munafò -- 19. Neuroimaging of personality / Turhan Canli -- 20. Personality neuroscience : explaining individual differences in affect, behaviour and cognition / Colin G. Deyoung and Jeremy R. Gray -- 21. The reinforcement sensitivity theory of personality / Philip J. Corr -- 22. Semantic and linguistic aspects of personality / Gerard Saucier -- 23. Personality and performance : cognitive processes and models / Gerald Matthews -- 24. Self-regulation and control in personality functioning / Charles S. Carver and Michael E. Scheier -- 25. Self-determination theory : a consideration of human motivational universals / Edward L. Deci and Richard M. Ryan -- 26. Traits and the self : toward an integration / Michael D. Robinson and Constantine Sedikides -- 27. Personality as a cognitive-affective processing system / Ronald E. Smith and Yuichi Shoda -- 28. The storied construction of personality / Avril Thorne and Vickie Nam -- 29. Personality and social relations / Lauri A. Jensen-Campbell, Jennifer M. Knack and Madeline Rex-Lear -- 30. Personality and social support processes / Rhonda Swickert -- 31. Social pain and hurt feelings / Geoff MacDonald -- 32. Personality in cross-cultural perspective / Juris G. Draguns -- 33. Culture and personality / Robert Bogan and Michael Harris Bond -- 34. Personality and politics / Gianvittorio Caprara and Michele Vecchione -- 35. Mood and anxiety disorders : the hierarchical structure of personality and psychopathology / David D. Vachon and R. Michael Bagby -- 36. Personality and psychosis / Gordon Claridge -- 37. Diagnosis and assessment of disorders of personality / Stephanie N. Mullins-Sweatt and Thomas A. Widiger -- 38. Psychopathy and its measurement / Robert D. Hare and Craig S. Neumann -- 39. Personality and eating disorders / Natalie J. Loxton and Sharon Dawe -- 40. Personality and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder / Rapson Gomez -- 41. Personality in school psychology / Moshe Zeidner -- 42. Personality in educational psychology / Moshe Zeidner -- 43. Personality at work / Giles St J. Burch and Neil Anderson -- 44. Workplace safety and personality / Alice F. Stuhlmacher, Andrea L. Briggs and Douglas F. Cellar -- 45. Personality and crime / David Canter and Donna Youngs -- 46. Treatment of personality disorders / Fiona Warren.

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Personality psychology is a rapidly maturing science making important advances on both conceptual and methodological fronts. The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology offers a one-stop source for the most up-to-date scientific personality psychology. It provides a summary of cutting-edge personality research in all its forms, from DNA to political influences on its development, expression, pathology and applications. The chapters are informative, lively, stimulating and, sometimes, controversial and the team of international authors, led by two esteemed editors, ensures a truly wide range of theoretical perspectives. Each research area is discussed in terms of scientific foundations, main theories and findings, and future directions for research. with useful descriptions of technological approaches (for example, molecular genetics and functional neuroimaging) the Handbook is an invaluable aid to understanding the central role played by personality in psychology and will appeal to students of occupational, health, clinical, cognitive and forensic psychology.

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