Handbook of Personality Development

by Mroczek, Daniel K.; Little, Todd D.

• ISBN13: 9780805859362
• ISBN10: 0805859365
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-26
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN. Provides a comprehensive look at personality development. Topics include theoretical and methodological perspectives on personality development, personality development in childhood and adolescence, personality development in middle and older adulthood, and more. For psychologists. Softcover, hardcover available.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
I. INTRODUCTION
Theory and Research in Personality Development at the Beginning of the 21st Century	3	(8)
Daniel K. Mroczek
Todd D. Little
II: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
Personality Development in the Context of the Neo-Socioanalytic Model of Personality	11	(30)
Brent W. Roberts
Dustin Wood
A Proposed Theory of the Adult Development of Intraindividual Variability in Trait-Manifesting Behavior	41	(20)
William Fleeson
Stephanie Jolley
The Agentic Self: On the Nature and Origins of Personal Agency Across the Life Span	61	(20)
Todd D. Little
C. R. Snyder
Michael Wehmeyer
Behavior Genetics and Personality Development	81	(28)
Robert F. Krueger
Wendy Johnson
Kristen C. Kling
The Structure of Personality and Temperament	109	(20)
Gerard Saucier
Jennifer Simonds
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Adult Personality Trait Development	129	(18)
Robert R. McCrae
Paul T. Costa, Jr.
Evolution and Personality: A New Look at Machiavellianism	147	(16)
Patricia H. Hawley
Modeling Intraindividual Stability and Change in Personality	163	(18)
Daniel K. Mroczek
David M. Almeida
Avron Spiro III
Christine Pafford
Methods for the Analysis of Change	181	(32)
Todd D. Little
James A. Bovaird
David W. Slegers
III. PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE
Temperament and Personality in Childhood	213	(18)
Rebecca L. Shiner
Agency to Agentic Personalities: The Early to Middle Childhood Gap	231	(14)
Theodore A. Walls
Sarah H. Kollatt
Emotion Regulation and Personality Development in Childhood	245	(18)
Carolyn Saarni
Development of Regulatory Processes Through Adolescence: A Review of Recent Empirical Studies	263	(22)
Renee M. Tobin
William G. Graziano
Personality and Self-Esteem Development in Adolescence	285	(26)
M. Brent Donnellan
Kali H. Trzesniewski
Richard W. Robins
Developmental and Individual Difference Perspectives on Self-esteem	311	(26)
Susan Harter
IV. PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE AND OLDER ADULTHOOD
From Young Adulthood Through the Middle Ages	337	(16)
Ravenna Helson
Christopher J. Soto
Rebecca A. Cate
Goals as Building Blocks of Personality and Development in Adulthood	353	(20)
Alexandra M. Freund
Michaela Riediger
Development of Self-Representations in Adulthood	373	(26)
Manfred Diehl
Goal Management Across Adulthood and Old Age: The Adaptive Value of Primary and Secondary Control	399	(24)
Carsten Wrosch
Jutta Heckhausen
Margie E. Lachman
Change in Personality Processes and Health Outcomes	423	(22)
Michael R. Levenson
Carolyn M. Aldwin
Social Relationships, Transitions, and Personality Development Across the Life Span	445	(24)
Frieder R. Lang
Franziska S. Reschke
Franz J. Neyer
V. CAPSTONE
How Does Personality Develop?	469	(24)
Dan P. McAdams
Jonathan M. Adler
Author Index	493	(26)
Subject Index	519