Temperament and Personality Development Across the Life Span / Edition 1

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

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780805833386
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/01/2000
Series:	Across the Life-Span Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1430L (what's this?)

About the Author

Victoria J. Molfese, Dennis L. Molfese, Robert R. McCrae

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.

Editorial Reviews

Stemming from a conference sponsored by the psychology and behavioral and social sciences departments at Southern Illinois U., ten contributions discuss the effects of genetics, the environment, and other issues on temperament and personality development in three separate stages of life. Topics include the linkage of early temperament to later personality, the influence of nutritional influences, genetic mediation between normal personality and psychopathological characteristics, and the role of social factors. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"Overall, Victoria and Dennis Molfese have done a wonderful job in bringing together prominent researchers in order to produce a volume summarizing current research that should serve to stimulate future endeavors in elucidating the links between temperament and personality."
—Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography

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