The American personality

Misdiagnosed, misunderstood and oftentimes entirely overlooked, the obscurity surrounding personality disorders can debilitate as much as the disorders themselves. Using case study...

This chapter deals with the legal personality of a company which is separate from its members, capable of owning property, entering into contracts and being a party to legal procee...

African American culture draws upon a rich body of traditions from Africa, Latin America, and the South, and folklore is fundamental to the African American heritage. The first wor...

Personality-disordered people are not uncommon in our neighborhoods, workplaces, schools, or even our homes. They include people who are persistently paranoid, obsessive-compulsive...

This chapter reviews theory and research on the role of personality and values in the work–family experience, beginning with a review of the processes of how personality and values...

The chapter covers the psychosocial assessment in detail, giving an approach to complex areas such as early life experiences and memories of sexual abuse. Advice is given on how to...

The chapter begins with discussions of adaptive genetic variation and phenotypic plasticity, life history strategies, short-term strategies, prevailing models of personality disord...

This chapter provides an overarching review of the current state of personality disorder research, addresses some of the many gaps that currently exist in the literature where more...