Personality Books

New and Published Books

1. The Psychology of Social Conflict and Aggression

   Edited by Joseph P. Forgas, Arie W. Kruglanski, Kipling D Williams

   Series: Sydney Symposium in Social Psychology

   This book provides an up-to-date integration of some of the most recent developments in social psychological research on social conflict and aggression, one of the most perennial and puzzling topics in all of psychology. It offers an informative, scholarly yet readable overview of recent...

   Published March 20th 2011 by Psychology Press
2. Applied Positive Psychology

   Improving Everyday Life, Health, Schools, Work, and Society

   Edited by Stewart I. Donaldson, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Jeanne Nakamura

   Series: Applied Psychology Series

   Positive Psychology has experienced extraordinary growth over the past decade. Emerging research in this area is suggesting new strategies for improving everyday life, healthcare, education systems, organizations and work life, and societies across the globe. This book will be of interest to all...

   Published February 27th 2011 by Routledge Academic
3. Personality, Human Development, and Culture

   International Perspectives On Psychological Science (Volume 2)

   Edited by Ralf Schwarzer, Peter A. Frensch

   This is the second of two volumes which together present the main contributions from the 29th International Congress of Psychology, held in Berlin in 2008, written by international leaders in psychology from around the world. The authors present a variety of approaches and...

   Published June 16th 2010 by Psychology Press
4. An Introduction to Theories of Personality

   7th Edition

   By Robert Ewen B, Robert B. Ewen

   This 7th Edition helps students unravel the mysteries of human behavior through its highly readable introduction to the ideas of the most significant personality theorists. Engaging biographical sketches begin each chapter, and unique capsule summaries help students review key concepts. ...

   Published October 4th 2009 by Psychology Press
5. Handbook of the Uncertain Self

   Edited by Robert M. Arkin, Kathryn C. Oleson, Patrick J. Carroll

   This Handbook explores the cognitive, motivational, interpersonal, clinical, and applied aspects of personal uncertainty. It showcases both the diversity and the unity that defines contemporary perspectives on uncertainty in self within social and personality psychology. The contributions to the...

   Published September 27th 2009 by Psychology Press
6. Personality and Intelligence at Work

   Exploring and Explaining Individual Differences at Work

   By Adrian Furnham

   Personality and Intelligence at Work examines the increasingly controversial role of individual differences in predicting and determining behaviour at work. It combines approaches from organizational psychology and personality theory to critically examine the physical, psychological and...

   Published March 25th 2008 by Routledge
7. 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 February 20th 2008 by Psychology Press
8. A Handbook of Clinical Scoring Systems for Thematic Apperceptive Techniques

   Edited by Sharon Rae Jenkins

   Series: Personality and Clinical Psychology

   This comprehensive volume brings together the best available clinical scoring systems for thematic apperceptive techniques (TATs), presented in research summaries along with practice stories and available scoring manuals. A Handbook of Clinical Scoring Systems for Thematic Apperceptive Techniques...

   Published December 21st 2007 by Routledge
9. TEMAS (Tell-Me-A-Story) Assessment in Multicultural Societies

   By Giuseppe Costantino, Richard H. Dana, Robert G. Malgady

   Ethnic minority children now comprise over 75 percent of students in 100 of the largest cities in the United States. However, these students have not been given equal access to, nor benefited from, the contemporary mental health system as have their non-minority peers. TEMAS (Tell-Me-A-Story)...

   Published March 18th 2007 by Routledge
10. In Our Clients' Shoes

    Theory and Techniques of Therapeutic Assessment

    By Stephen E. Finn

    Series: Counseling and Psychotherapy: Investigating Practice from Scientific, Historical, and Cultural Perspectives

    In Our Clients’ Shoes conveniently assembles a number of important papers on the Therapeutic Assessment approach in one resource, explicating its history, theory, techniques, as well as its impact on clients and assessors. Author Stephen E. Finn incorporates pieces presented at various conferences...

    Published February 14th 2007 by Routledge