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Temperament and Personality Development Across the Life Span

• Edited by Victoria J. Molfese, Dennis L. Molfese, Robert R. McCrae

• Price: $89.95
• Binding: Hardback
• Pages: 312
• Published by: Psychology Press
• Publication Date: 1st June 2000
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-3338-6

About the Book

This is the third book in a series of Across the Life Span volumes that has come from the Biennial Life Span Development Conferences. The authors--well known in their fields--present theoretical and research issues important for the understanding of temperament in infancy and childhood, as well as personality in adolescence and adulthood. Current findings placed within theoretical and historical contexts make each chapter distinctive.

The chapter authors focus on their work and its implications for temperament and personality issues across the life span. In addition, they include summaries of research by other investigators and theorists, placing their work and that of others in a lifespan perspective.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface. H.H. Goldsmith, K.S. Lemery, N. Aksan, K.A. Buss, Temperamental Substrates of Personality Development. L.F. DiLalla, S. Jones, Genetic and Environmental Influences on Temperament in Preschoolers. T.D. Wachs, Linking Nutrition and Temperament. M.K. Rothbart, D. Derryberry, K. Hershey, Stability of Temperament in Childhood: Laboratory Infant Assessment to Parent Report at Seven Years. S.C. Mangelsdorf, S.J. Schoppe, H. Buur, The Meaning of Parental Reports: A Contextual Approach to the Study of Temperament and Behavior Problems in Childhood. J.E. Bates, S. McFayden-Ketchum, Temperament and Parent-Child Relations as Interacting Factors in Children's Behavioral Adjustment. D.L. DiLalla, I.I. Gottesman, G. Carey, Madness Beyond the Threshold? Associations Between Personality and Psychopathology. R.E. Lucas, E. Diener, Personality and Subjective Well-Being Across the Life Span. P.T. Costa, Jr., R.R. McCrae, T.A. Martin, V.E. Oryol, I.G. Senin, A.A. Rukavishnikov, Y. Shimonaka, K. Nakazato, Y. Gondo, M. Takayama, J. Allik, T. Kallasmaa, A. Realo, Personality Development From Adolescence Through Adulthood: Further Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Age Differences. F. Hamagami, J.J. McArdle, P. Cohen, A New Approach to Modeling Bivariate Dynamic Relationships Applied to Evaluation of Comorbidity Among DSM-III Personality Disorder Symptoms.