The SAGE Handbook of Personality Theory and Assessment
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The SAGE Handbook of Personality Theory and Assessment

Personality Theories and Models (Volume 1)

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The SAGE Handbook of Personality Theory and Assessment

Personality Theories and Models (Volume 1)

About this book

This Handbook of Personality Theory and Assessment 2-Volume Set constitutes an essential resource for shaping the future of the scientific foundation of personality research, measurement, and practice.

It reviews the major contemporary personality models (Volume 1) and associated psychometric measurement instruments (Volume 2) that underpin the scientific study of this important area of psychology.

With contributions from internationally renowned academics, this work will be an important reference work for a host of researchers and practitioners in the fields of individual differences and personality assessment, clinical psychology, educational psychology, work and organizational psychology, health psychology and other applied fields as well.

Volume 1: Personality Theories and Models.

Deals with the major theoretical models underlying personality instruments and covers the following broad topics, listed by section heading:

" Explanatory Models For Personality

" Comprehensive Trait Models

" Key Traits: Psychobiology

" Key Traits: Self-Regulation And Stress

" New Trait And Dynamic Trait Constructs

" Applications

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Yes, you can access The SAGE Handbook of Personality Theory and Assessment by Gregory J Boyle, Gerald Matthews, Donald H Saklofske, Gregory J Boyle,Gerald Matthews,Donald H Saklofske in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Psychology & Personality in Psychology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Year
2008
Print ISBN
9781412946513
eBook ISBN
9781446246061
Edition
1
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Personality in Psychology
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Notes on Contributors
  7. 1 Personality Theories and Models: An Overview
  8. PART I EXPLANATORY MODELS FOR PERSONALITY
  9. 2 Psychophysiological and Biochemical Correlates of Personality
  10. 3 Personality and Information Processing: A Cognitive-Adaptive Theory
  11. 4 Explanatory Models of Personality: Social-Cognitive Theories and the Knowledge-and-Appraisal Model of Personality Architecture
  12. 5 Developmental Perspectives
  13. 6 Personality: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
  14. 7 Behavioral Genetic Studies of Personality: An Introduction and Review of the Results of 50+ Years of Research
  15. 8 Evolutionary Perspectives on Personality Psychology
  16. 9 Modern Personality Theories: What Have We Gained? What Have We Lost?
  17. PART II COMPREHENSIVE TRAIT MODELS
  18. 10 Eysenck’s Model of Individual Differences
  19. 11 J.A. Gray’s Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory (RST) of Personality
  20. 12 Simplifying the Cattellian Psychometric Model
  21. 13 Empirical and Theoretical Status of the Five-Factor Model of Personality Traits
  22. 14 Critique of the Five-Factor Model of Personality
  23. PART III KEY TRAITS: PSYCHOBIOLOGY
  24. 15 Approach and Avoidance Temperaments
  25. 16 Biological Substrate of Personality Traits Associated with Aggression
  26. 17 Psychoticism and Impulsivity
  27. 18 Personality and Sensation Seeking
  28. 19 Schizotypal Personality Models
  29. PART IV KEY TRAITS: SELF-REGULATION AND STRESS
  30. 20 Anxiety Revisited: Theory, Research, Applications
  31. 21 A Multidimensional, Hierarchical Model of Self-Concept: An Important Facet of Personality
  32. 22 Optimism and Pessimism as Personality Variables Linked to Adjustment
  33. 23 Self-Consciousness and Similar Personality Constructs
  34. 24 Personality and the Coping Process
  35. PART V NEW TRAIT AND DYNAMIC TRAIT CONSTRUCTS
  36. 25 Motivational Traits: New Directions and Measuring Motives with the Multi-Motive Grid (MMG)
  37. 26 Processes on the Borderline Between Cognitive Abilities and Personality: Confidence and its Realism
  38. 27 Culture: Ways of Thinking and Believing
  39. 28 Emotional Intelligence
  40. PART VI APPLICATIONS
  41. 29 Personality Disorders and the DSM: A Critical Review
  42. 30 Personality and Treatment Planning for Psychotherapy: The Systematic Treatment Selection Model
  43. 31 Personality and Health: Current Evidence, Potential Mechanisms, and Future Directions
  44. 32 Anxiety, Depression, and Anger: Core Components of Negative Affect in Medical Populations
  45. 33 Personality and Alcohol Use
  46. 34 Personality, Stress and the Determination of Smoking Behaviour in Adolescents
  47. 35 Personality Assessment in Organizations
  48. Subject Index
  49. Name Index