Personality Books

New and Published Books

1. Personality and Social Behavior

   Edited by Frederick Rhodewalt

   Series: Frontiers of Social Psychology

   The study of the relationship between the person and the situation has had a long history in psychology. Many theories of personality are set on an interpersonal stage and many social phenomena are played out differently as the cast of characters change. At times the study of persons and situations...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press
2. Temperament in Context

   Edited by Theodore D. Wachs, Robert R. McCrae, Geldolph A. Kohnstamm, Geldolph A. Kohnstamm

   Although the importance of context has been emphasized by temperament researchers, until now there has been remarkably little systematic research on the unique role specific aspects of context play in the development and impact of temperament. The goal of this volume is to systematize current...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press
3. Handbook of Personality at Work

   Edited by Neil Christiansen, Robert Tett

   Series: Applied Psychology Series

   Personality has emerged as a key factor when trying to understand why people think, feel, and behave the way they do at work. Recent research has linked personality to important aspects of work such as job performance, employee attitudes, leadership, teamwork, stress, and turnover. This...

   Published June 11th 2013 by Routledge
4. The Structure of Human Personality (Psychology Revivals)

   By H.J. Eysenck

   Series: Psychology Revivals

   Originally published in 1953, this third edition was first published in 1970. It was one of the early attempts at bringing together theories of personality organisation and finding empirical evidence to test their hypotheses. This third edition includes additional chapters and updated references to...

   Published June 5th 2013 by Routledge
5. Arenas of Comfort in Adolescence

   A Study of Adjustment in Context

   By Jeylan T. Mortimer, Kathleen T. Call

   Series: Research Monographs in Adolescence Series

   Adolescence is a time when the social world expands, a time of increasing engagement beyond the family sphere to the school, the peer group, and the workplace. These contexts may present experiences that differ greatly in their tone and content, either contributing to or hindering satisfaction and...

   Published June 2nd 2013 by Psychology Press
6. Personality Structure and Measurement (Psychology Revivals)

   By Hans J. Eysenck, Sybil B.G. Eysenck

   Series: Psychology Revivals

   Originally published in 1969, this book deals extensively with the description and measurement of personality. Beginning with a statement of the principles of typological research in psychology, set against the background of general taxonomic principles in biology, the study discusses in detail...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
7. The Experimental Study of Freudian Theories (Psychology Revivals)

   Edited by Hans J. Eysenck, Glenn D. Wilson

   Series: Psychology Revivals

   Originally published in 1973 the editors of this book collected together those studies which had been considered at the time to yield the best evidence in support of Freudian theory, and found on close examination that they failed to provide any such proof. Each paper is printed in full and is...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
8. Crime and Personality (Psychology Revivals)

   By H.J. Eysenck

   Series: Psychology Revivals

   When Crime and Personality was first published in 1964, J.A.C. Brown, writing in the New Statesman, commented: ‘There can be no doubt of the importance of Professor Eysenck’s book on the nature and treatment of criminal behaviour.’ This third edition, originally published in 1977, had been...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
9. Experiments in Personality: Volume 1 (Psychology Revivals)

   Psychogenetics and psychopharmacology

   Edited by H.J. Eysenck

   Series: Psychology Revivals

   Originally published in 1960, the two volumes of Experiments in Personality report a number of experiments in psychogenetics, psychopharmacology, psychodiagnostics, psychometrics and psychodynamics, all of which formed part of the programme of research which had been...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
10. Experiments in Personality: Volume 2 (Psychology Revivals)

    Psychodiagnostics and psychodynamics

    Edited by H.J. Eysenck

    Series: Psychology Revivals

    Originally published in 1960, the two volumes of Experiments in Personality report a number of experiments in psychogenetics, psychopharmacology, psychodiagnostics, psychometrics and psychodynamics, all of which formed part of the programme of research which had been developing from...

    Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge