"This updated and expanded second edition of this influential book has no competition. There is no competition because there are no other books like it on the market and also because of the breadth and importance of the topics that are covered by leading-edge researchers in the field....Would be an excellent centerpiece for graduate courses in personality psychology. It provides state-of-the-art reviews of theories, statistical methods, assessment methods, and research findings. The topics and the quality of the writing should make the book highly appealing to students in both personality and abnormal psychology."--PsycCRITIQUES This long-awaited, completely new update to a classic text offers a state-of-the-art overview of a rapidly growing field that seeks to integrate the study of normal and abnormal personality. Written by some of the most influential personologists of the 21st century, including Aaron Beck, C. Robert Cloninger, Robert McCrae, and Theodore Millon, chapters show how current theories, statistical methods, and assessment instruments can be used to understand the entire spectrum of personality functioning, from normal to disordered. With graduate students and professionals new to the field in mind, this book provides information about the central issues that are being addressed by researchers and clinicians in the realm of normal-abnormal personality today. In addition, it provides essential terminology, ideas, and methods that are unique to the field at large as well as basic tools needed to become a participant in normal-abnormal psychology. Divided into three parts, the book presents an overview of major theories, statistical methods, and measurement instruments, including:Seven influential models of personality and psychopathology Four statistical methods for use in taxonomy, diagnosis, similarities and differences between normal and abnormal personality, and genetic and environmental influences Problems and pitfalls in designing empirical studies in the realm of normal-abnormal personality Empirically-based introductions and reviews of five widely-used instruments for assessing normal-abnormal personality Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 7 Contributors......Page 13 Foreword by Auke Tellegen......Page 15 Introduction by Stephen Strack......Page 17 Acknowledgments......Page 28 Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives......Page 29 1 Millon’s Evolutionary Model for Unifying the Study of Normal and Abnormal Personality......Page 31 Differentiating Normal and Abnormal Personality......Page 36 Conceptualizing Personality......Page 39 Manifest and Latent Taxa......Page 44 An Evolutionary Scaffold for Personality Theory......Page 51 Personological Assessment......Page 66 Concluding Comment......Page 74 2 Psychopathology from the Perspective of the Five-Factor Model......Page 79 The Definition of Personality......Page 81 AXIS II Psychopathology and the FFM......Page 82 A Proposed Definition of Personality-Related Disorders......Page 84 An Example: The Obsessive-Compulsive Style......Page 87 Personality-Related Problems and the DSM......Page 88 Acknowledgments......Page 89 3 Differentiating Personality Deviance, Normality, and Well-Being by the Seven-Factor Psychobiological Model......Page 93 Definition and Range of Personality......Page 97 Content and Movement of Thought......Page 99 Differentiating Levels of Maturity and Well-Being......Page 101 Practical Issues and Supports for Professional TCI Use......Page 105 Summary and Conclusions......Page 106 Acknowledgments......Page 107 4 Interpersonal Theory and the Interpersonal Circumplex: Evolving Perspectives on Normal and Abnormal Personality......Page 111 The Interpersonal Tradition in Personality......Page 112 Differentiating Normal and Abnormal Personality: Individual Differences in Traits......Page 120 Differentiating Normal and Abnormal Personality: Interpersonal Transaction and Reciprocity......Page 128 Differentiating Normal and Abnormal Personality: Covert Internal Processes......Page 132 Concluding Remarks......Page 134 Theory of Personality......Page 141 Personality and Psychopathology......Page 147 Assessment Instruments for Personality Disorders......Page 153 Tests of the Cognitive Theory of Personality Disorders......Page 155 Tests of Cognitive Behavior Therapy......Page 156 Principles of Cognitive Therapy with Personality Disorders......Page 158 Acknowledgments......Page 160 6 Psychobiological Models and Issues......Page 165 Reductionism, Asymmetry, and Continuity......Page 169 Temperament, Personality, and Deviance......Page 173 Dimensionality of Psychosis......Page 179 Final Remarks......Page 185 Personality Disorder Diagnoses via DSM-IV......Page 193 Personality Disorder Diagnostic Thresholds......Page 196 Conceptual Distinction Between Normal and Abnormal Personality......Page 197 Deviation from Cultural Expectations......Page 198 Behavioral, Psychological, or Biological Dysfunction......Page 199 Inflexibilty and Dyscontrol......Page 202 Clinically Significant Impairment......Page 204 Conclusions......Page 208 Part 2: Methodology......Page 213 8 Problems and Pitfalls in Designing Research on Normal–Abnormal Personality......Page 215 General Design Issues......Page 216 Specific Design Issues......Page 222 Conclusions......Page 233 Acknowledgments......Page 234 9 Principles of Exploratory Factor Analysis......Page 237 Decisions to Be Made Prior to Collecting the Data......Page 240 Decisions to Be Made After the Data Have Been Obtained......Page 243 Decisions Directly Related to Factor Analysis......Page 245 Vertical and Horizontal Aspects of Factor Structures in Personality......Page 258 Summary and Conclusions......Page 260 Acknowledgments......Page 262 Generalized Linear Latent Variable Models......Page 267 Estimating Latent Variable Models......Page 271 Modeling Latent Distributions......Page 273 Comparing Models......Page 275 Summary......Page 282 11 Methods for Understanding Genetic and Environmental Infl uences in Normal and Abnormal Personality......Page 285 Quantitative Genetic Methods......Page 286 Molecular Genetic Methods......Page 301 Future Directions......Page 306 12 Taxometrics......Page 311 Overview of Taxometric Methods......Page 314 Taxometric Studies of Personality......Page 316 How to Do It......Page 325 The Future of Taxometrics......Page 332 Conclusions......Page 333 Part 3: Measurement and Assessment......Page 337 13 Assessment of Maladaptive Personality Traits......Page 339 Assessment Strategy......Page 340 Which Instruments to Use?......Page 343 Convergent and Discriminant Validity......Page 355 Theoretical Underpinnings and Construction of the MMPI......Page 365 Evolution of the Original MMPI......Page 369 The MMPI-2: 2001 Update......Page 385 The MMPI-2: Post-2001 Developments......Page 390 Future Directions for the MMPI-2......Page 401 Conclusions......Page 402 Acknowledgment......Page 403 15 Interpersonal Circumplex Measures......Page 411 Measures......Page 413 Scoring and Interpreting IPC Inventories......Page 419 Using IPC Measures to Assess Abnormality......Page 420 Caveats and Conclusions......Page 425 16 The Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology (DAPP) Approach to Personality Disorder......Page 429 Conceptual Foundations......Page 430 Constructing a Theoretical Taxonomy: A Lexical Approach......Page 431 Preliminary Psychometric Analyses......Page 433 Structure of Personality Disorder......Page 434 Primary Structure......Page 435 Primary Traits......Page 436 Secondary Structure......Page 438 Genetic Architecture of the DAPP......Page 440 Genetic Influences on Basic Traits......Page 441 Personality Disorder......Page 442 Normal Personality......Page 443 Extreme Variation......Page 447 Maladaptive Trait Expression......Page 448 Specific Trait Constellations......Page 449 Personality Failure......Page 450 Classification and Diagnosis......Page 452 Concluding Comments......Page 453 17 The Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality (SNAP): A Dimensional Measure of Traits Relevant to Personality and Personality Pathology......Page 459 Dimensional Assessment......Page 461 The SNAP......Page 462 Other SNAP Scales......Page 469 Potential Research Applications......Page 470 Clinical Case Example......Page 472 Summary and Conclusions......Page 475 Acknowledgments......Page 476 An Overview of the PAI......Page 479 Theoretical Basis and Test Development......Page 480 Normative Data......Page 482 Reliability......Page 483 Validity......Page 484 Summary......Page 495 19 Rorschach Assessment of Normal and Abnormal Personality......Page 501 Symptoms, Diagnoses, and the Rorschach......Page 503 Implicit and Explicit Measures of Personality......Page 504 Dimensions of Personality Functioning Assessed by the Rorschach......Page 508 Reliability......Page 513 Validity......Page 515 Racial and Ethnic Differences......Page 520 Directions for Future Research......Page 523 Name Index......Page 529 Subject Index......Page 545
this Updated And Expanded Second Edition Of This Influential Book Has No Competition. There Is No Competition Because There Are No Other Books Like It On The Market And Also Because Of The Breadth And Importance Of The Topics That Are Covered By Leading-edge Researchers In The Field....would Be An Excellent Centerpiece For Graduate Courses In Personality Psychology. It Provides State-of-the-art Reviews Of Theories, Statistical Methods, Assessment Methods, And Research Findings. The Topics And The Quality Of The Writing Should Make The Book Highly Appealing To Students In Both Personality And Abnormal Psychology.--psyccritiques
this Long-awaited, Completely New Update To A Classic Text Offers A State-of-the-art Overview Of A Rapidly Growing Field That Seeks To Integrate The Study Of Normal And Abnormal Personality. Written By Some Of The Most Influential Personologists Of The 21st Century, Including Aaron Beck, C. Robert Cloninger, Robert Mccrae, And Theodore Millon, Chapters Show How Current Theories, Statistical Methods, And Assessment Instruments Can Be Used To Understand The Entire Spectrum Of Personality Functioning, From Normal To Disordered.
with Graduate Students And Professionals New To The Field In Mind, This Book Provides Information About The Central Issues That Are Being Addressed By Researchers And Clinicians In The Realm Of Normal-abnormal Personality Today. In Addition, It Provides Essential Terminology, Ideas, And Methods That Are Unique To The Field At Large As Well As Basic Tools Needed To Become A Participant In Normal-abnormal Psychology.
divided Into Three Parts, The Book Presents An Overview Of Major Theories, Statistical Methods, And Measurement Instruments, Including:
- seven Influential Models Of Personality And Psychopathology
- Four Statistical Methods For Use In Taxonomy, Diagnosis, Similarities And Differences Between Normal And Abnormal Personality, And Genetic And Environmental Influences
- Problems And Pitfalls In Designing Empirical Studies In The Realm Of Normal-abnormal Personality
- Empirically-based Introductions And Reviews Of Five Widely-used Instruments For Assessing Normal-abnormal Personality
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reviewer: Gary B Kaniuk, Psy.d.(cermak Health Services)
description: This Book Describes The Salient Issues In Differentiating Normal And Abnormal Personality. It Provides Theoretical, Statistical, And Assessment Tools For Understanding And Assessing Personality Functioning. This Is The Second Edition Of A Book First Published In 1994.
purpose: According To The Editor, The Purpose Is To Inform Readers About The Central Issues That Are Now Being Addressed By Researchers And Clinicians In The Realm Of Normal-abnormal Personality, With The Aim Of Providing Individuals New To This Area Some Of The Basic Tools They Need To Become Participants In This Important Area Of Scientific Inquiry. Written With Graduate Students And Novice Professionals In Mind, Contributors Were Asked To Provide State-of-the-art Summaries Of Their Topic Areas. They Were Instructed Not To Simply Report On Their Subject Matter, But To Teach What Is Essential And Important So That Readers Can Become Comfortable With Terminology, Ideas, And Methods That Are Unique To This Scientific Arena.
audience: The Intended Audience Is Graduate Students And Novice Professionals. The Editor And Contributors Are A Who's Who Of Personality And Assessment Experts Including Theodore Millon, C. Robert Cloninger, Aaron T. Beck, And Yossef S. Ben-porath, To Name A Few.
features: The Book Is Divided Into Three Parts Covering Theoretical Perspectives, Methodology, And Measurement And Assessment. The Chapters Are Well Written By Experts In The Field And Good Figures And Tables Elucidate The Concepts. The Book Provides Everything Readers Need To Begin To Study Personality Inall Of Its Facets. This Is Crucial Because In The Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders, Personality Disorders Are A Consensus Of Opinions Rather Than Empirically Derived. The Only Drawback Is In The Methodology Part, Which Is Written At A Level That Requires Readers To Have Extensive Understanding Of Statistical Analyses. The Ordinary Graduate Student In Clinical/counseling Psychology Probably Does Not Have This Background.
assessment: This Is A Useful Book For Understanding The Issues Involved In Differentiating Normal And Abnormal Personality In Terms Of Theory, Statistical Analysis, And Assessment. It Is Written By Many Movers And Shakers In The Field. It Will Help Graduate Students And Novice Professionals To Research Personality In Order To Increase The Empirical Knowledge Base, And Hopefully Create A Dsm, Axis Ii Personality Disorders, Which Is More Than Just Consensus. This New Edition Is Justified Because Of New Developments In The Past 12 Years, Especially Related To Describing Normal Personality.
"This updated and expanded second edition of this influential book has no competition. There is no competition because there are no other books like it on the market and also because of the breadth and importance of the topics that are covered by leading-edge researchers in the field....Would be an excellent centerpiece for graduate courses in personality psychology. It provides state-of-the-art reviews of theories, statistical methods, assessment methods, and research findings. The topics and the quality of the writing should make the book highly appealing to students in both personality and abnormal psychology."--PsycCRITIQUES
This long-awaited, completely new update to a classic text offers a state-of-the-art overview of a rapidly growing field that seeks to integrate the study of normal and abnormal personality. Written by some of the most influential personologists of the 21st century, including Aaron Beck, C. Robert Cloninger, Robert McCrae, and Theodore Millon, chapters show how current theories, statistical methods, and assessment instruments can be used to understand the entire spectrum of personality functioning, from normal to disordered.
With graduate students and professionals new to the field in mind, this book provides information about the central issues that are being addressed by researchers and clinicians in the realm of normal-abnormal personality today. In addition, it provides essential terminology, ideas, and methods that are unique to the field at large as well as basic tools needed to become a participant in normal-abnormal psychology.
Divided into three parts, the book presents an overview of major theories, statistical methods, and measurement instruments, including:
- Seven influential models of personality and psychopathology
- Four statistical methods for use in taxonomy, diagnosis, similarities and differences between normal and abnormal personality, and genetic and environmental influences
- Problems and pitfalls in designing empirical studies in the realm of normal-abnormal personality
- Empirically-based introductions and reviews of five widely-used instruments for assessing normal-abnormal personality
"This updated and expanded second edition of this influential book has no competition. There is no competition because there are no other books like it on the market and also because of the breadth and importance of the topics that are covered by leading-edge researchers in the field....Would be an excellent centerpiece for graduate courses in personality psychology. It provides state-of-the-art reviews of theories, statistical methods, assessment methods, and research findings. The topics and the quality of the writing should make the book highly appealing to students in both personality and abnormal psychology."— PsycCRITIQUES This long-awaited, completely new update to a classic text offers a state-of-the-art overview of a rapidly growing field that seeks to integrate the study of normal and abnormal personality. Written by some of the most influential personologists of the 21st century, including Aaron Beck, C. Robert Cloninger, Robert McCrae, and Theodore Millon, chapters show how current theories, statistical methods, and assessment instruments can be used to understand the entire spectrum of personality functioning, from normal to disordered. With graduate students and professionals new to the field in mind, this book provides information about the central issues that are being addressed by researchers and clinicians in the realm of normal-abnormal personality today. In addition, it provides essential terminology, ideas, and methods that are unique to the field at large as well as basic tools needed to become a participant in normal-abnormal psychology. Divided into three parts, the book presents an overview of major theories, statistical methods, and measurement instruments, including: Seven influential models of personality and psychopathology Four statistical methods for use in taxonomy, diagnosis, similarities and differences between normal and abnormal personality, and genetic and environmental influences Problems and pitfalls in designing empirical studies in the realm of normal-abnormal personality Empirically-based introductions and reviews of five widely-used instruments for assessing normal-abnormal personality With graduate students and professionals new to the field in mind, this book provides information about the central issues that are being addressed by researchers and clinicians in the realm of normal-abnormal personality today. In addition, it provides essential terminology, ideas, and methods that are unique to the field at large as well as basic tools needed to become a participant in normal-abnormal psychology. Key Features: * Seven influential models of personality and psychopathology * Four statistical methods for use in taxonomy, diagnosis, similarities and differences between normal an
