Personality traits : theory, testing and influences / editor, Melissa E. Jordan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jordan, Melissa E.

Series:

Psychology of emotions, motivations, and actions series.

Psychology of emotions, motivations and actions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personality tests.

Personality assessment.

Personality disorders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publisher's, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The totality of an individual's behavioural and emotional characteristics are their personality traits. This book discusses research in the study of personality traits, including addictive disorders and personality disorders; cognitive and biological markers of schizophrenia; and, the genetics of personality disorders.

Contents:

""PERSONALITY TRAITS: THEORY, TESTING AND INFLUENCES ""; ""PERSONALITY TRAITS: THEORY, TESTING AND INFLUENCES ""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE ""; ""ADDICTION: FRONTAL PERSONALITY CHANGE BUT NOT PERSONALITY DISORDER COMORBIDITY IMPLICATIONS FOR TREATMENT OF ADDICTIVE DISORDERS ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Stability vs. Personality Change ""; ""Stability of Personality Disorders in Samples of Addicts""; ""Factors Affecting the Stability of the Diagnosis: Stress ""; ""Factors Affecting the Stability of the Diagnosis: Impulsivity ""

""Factors Affecting the Stability of the Diagnosis: Personality Change """"Neuroscientific Perspective of Addiction ""; ""Neuroscientific Perspective of Personality ""; ""Neuroscientific Perspective of Personality Disorders ""; ""A Key Difference: Recovery ""; ""CONCLUSIONS ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""CIRCADIAN PREFERENCE AND PERSONALITY: A MINIREVIEW ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CIRCADIAN PREFERENCE AND EYSENCK�S PERSONALITY MODEL""; ""CIRCADIAN PREFERENCE AND BIG FIVE PERSONALITY MODEL""; ""CIRCADIAN PREFERENCE AND CLONINGER�S PERSONALITY MODEL""; ""CONCLUSION ""

""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS """"REFERENCES ""; ""THE IMAGINARY COMPANION EXPERIENCE IN ADULTS: ASSET, DISORDER OR PERSONALITY FEATURE? ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""DEFINITION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF AN IMAGINARY COMPANION ""; ""Overlap between ICs and Dissociative Disorders""; ""Mediating Variables between ICs and Dissociative Disorders ""; ""Overlap between ICs and Other Clinical Disorders ""; ""Cases Only Involving ICs ""; ""Overlap between ICs and Personality Disorders ""; ""Lack of Guidelines on How to Diagnose the IC�s Influence or Effect ""; ""Overly Simplistic Alternatives ""

""The Fantasy Prone Personality """"A Functional Method of Regarding ICs""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY TRAITS: AUDITORY HALLUCINATION-LIKE EXPERIENCES AND ATYPICAL HEMISPHERIC LATERALIZATION ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""METHODS ""; ""Participants""; ""Apparatus ""; ""Materials""; ""Procedure""; ""Questionnaire ""; ""RESULTS ""; ""DISCUSSION ""; ""REFERENCES""; ""GENETICS OF PERSONALITITY DISORDERS""; ""1. INTRODUCTION ""; ""2. ABOUT PERSONALITY AND ITS DISORDERS""; ""3. PERSONALITY DISORDER AND GENETICS""

""3.1. Personality Disorders Cluster A and Genetic Studies """"3.2. Heritability ""; ""3.3. Neuropsychological Markers ""; ""3.4 Studies of Molecular Genetics ""; ""4. CLUSTER B PERSONALITY DISORDERS AND GENETIC STUDIES ""; ""5. BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER ""; ""Heritability of Impulsivity ""; ""6. PERSONALITY DISORDERS CLUSTER C AND GENETIC STUDIES ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING STUDIES OF THE ANXIETY-RELATED PERSONALITY TRAIT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE NEUROBIOLOGICAL BASIS OF HUMAN ANXIOUS PERSONALITY""

""1. ANXIETY-RELATED PERSONALITY TRAITS: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, REPRESENTATIVE THEORETICAL MODELS, AND HYPOTHESES FOR THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record; title from PDF title page, viewed (07/09/2020).

ISBN:

1-61761-169-7

OCLC:

923654954