Name: comprehensive handbook of personality and psychopathology, volume 1, personality and everyday functioning
Price: 272.66 GBP
Availability: InStock
Author: jay c. thomas, daniel l. segal
ISBN: 9780471488378

portada comprehensive handbook of personality and psychopathology, volume 1, personality and everyday functioning

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

wiley

Author

jay c. thomas, daniel l. segal

Pages

496.00

ISBN

0471488372

ISBN13

9780471488378

Synopsis "comprehensive handbook of personality and psychopathology, volume 1, personality and everyday functioning"

the comprehensive handbook of personality and psychopathology volume 1: personality and everyday functioning, covers the foundations of personality theory and the impact of personality on normal functioning. leading personality researchers present chapters on major theories of personality, such as psychoanalytic, developmental, behavioral, and constructivist, to name a few, as well as specialized theoretical models, such as role motivation, holland ` s consistency and congruency theory, hardiness, and positive and negative affect, among others. the volume also contains a special section on clinical applications, which includes chapters on the influence of personality on leadership, person-environment fit and performance, subclinical psychopaths, gender and sexual identity, and the interaction between personality and ability. the volume also describes how to utilize personality theory to predict everyday functioning in family life, work or school, retirement, and recreation, an aspect unique to this major reference work.