Personality category: 1900 books

This book presents penetrating observations by six authorities on the personality development of children for the enlightenment of parents, teachers, and others who have a vital interest in children.In the first paper, the late Harold E. Jones, a professor of psychology and the director of the Institute...

A completely revised and updated edition of a much-acclaimed textbook providing a critical introduction to human personality for psychology students. Levels of Personality carefully avoids the traditional 'catalogue of theories' approach. Instead it relates theories to each other within a conceptual...

Exploring the process of recovery from personality disorder, and how this can be achieved, this research-based but highly readable book describes successful community-based ways to support people after diagnosis and the wider implications for mental ill health. Taking a close look at what it...

The Handbook of Personality and Self-Regulation integrates scholarly research on self-regulation in the personality, developmental, and social psychology traditions for a broad audience of social and behavioral scientists interested in the processes by which people control, or fail to control, their...

This work combines interdisciplinary knowledge and experience from research fields of psychology, linguistics, audio-processing, machine learning, and computer science. The work systematically explores a novel research topic devoted to automated modeling of personality expression from speech. For...

Research in the field of personality psychology has culminated in a radical departure. The result is Personality Psychology: Recent Trends and Emerging Directions. Drs. Buss and Cantor have compiled the innovative research of twenty-five young, outstanding personality psychologists to represent the...

The psychologist who pursues an interest in personality is constantly faced by a dilemma. He seeks to investigate what is to him the most intriguing and interesting subject--the multifaceted operations of man in his natural environment. The predicament lies in the discrepancy between the complexity...

A tremendous amount of research has been performed looking at the relationship between personality and disease. Research on this topic has been spread throughout scientific journals on psychology, behavioral health, psychoneuroimmunology, oncology, and epidemiology. Personality and Disease brings...

This book describes Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a personality disorder that is featured typically by extreme perfectionism, order, and neatness. People with OCPD have these features: 1.Difficulty...

The new edition of Personality Disorders continues to provide an in-depth guide to personality disorders, assessment, and treatment, across varied patient groups and settings. Grounded in scholarly review and illustrated with a diversity of case studies, this book covers familiar ground with...

This Book Is For The  ENFJ Who Knows They Are Capable Of Amazing Achievements and Want An Upper Hand In Living An Extraordinary Life If you’re someone who wants to make the most of yourself and create the most fulfilling relationships possible then you must indulge yourself in...

This fun, smart read for anyone eager to better understand (and improve) themselves argues that personality is driven not by nature nor nurture—but instead by the projects we pursue, which ultimately shape the people we become. Traditionally, scientists have emphasized what they call the...

This volume consists of 51 articles in 5 sections spread as below - Section A : Physical Parameters A1 Physical Dimensions of Self-Improvement A2 What does Good Health Mean A3 Minimization of Decay in Bio-organism A4 Strategy for Super-Ageing A5 How much Closeness to Nature is Optimum for Life-Intellect A6...

Use the wisdom of the ancients and a simple test to understand your secret self. From the ancient world comes the mysterious tradition that releases the deepest hidden secrets of the human psyche.Why do you act, think, feel, and believe the way you do? The included easy-to-score self-discovery personality...