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Personality and the Foundations of Political Behavior is the first study in more than 30 years to investigate the broad significance of personality traits for mass political behavior. Drawing on the Big Five personality trait framework, Jeffery J. Mondak argues that attention to personality provides a valuable means to integrate biological and environmental influences in rich, nuanced theories and empirical tests of the antecedents of political behavior. Development of such holistic accounts is critical, Mondak contends, if inquiry is to move beyond simple "blank slate" environmental depictions of political engagement. Analyses examining multiple facets of political information, political attitudes, and participation reveal that the Big Five trait dimensions - openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and emotional stability - produce both direct and indirect effects on a wide range of political phenomena. ... Read more

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Your clear, compassionate guide to managing BPD — and living well

Looking for straightforward information on Borderline Personality Disorder? This easy-to-understand guide helps those who have BPD develop strategies for breaking the destructive cycle. This book also aids loved ones in accepting the disorder and offering support. Inside you'll find authoritative details on the causes of BPD and proven treatments, as well as advice on working with therapists, managing symptoms, and enjoying a full life.

• Review the basics of BPD — discover the symptoms of BPD and the related emotional problems, as well as the cultural, biological, and psychological causes of the disease

• Understand what goes wrong — explore impulsivity, emotional dysregulation, identity problems, relationship conflicts, black-and-white thinking, and difficulties in perception; and identify the areas where you may need help

• Make the choice to change — find the right care provider, overcome common obstacles to change, set realistic goals, and improve your physical and emotional state

• Evaluate treatments for BPD — learn about the current treatments that really work and develop a plan for addressing the core symptoms of BPD

• If someone you love has BPD — see how to identify triggers, handle emotional upheavals, set clear boundaries, and encourage your loved one to seek therapy

Open the book and find:

• The major characteristics of BPD

• Who gets BPD — and why

• Recent treatment advances

• Illuminating case studies

• Strategies for calming emotions and staying in control

• A discussion of medication options

• Ways to stay healthy during treatment

• Tips for explaining BPD to others

• Help for parents whose child exhibits symptoms

• Treatment options that work and those you should avoid

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Excellent!
This is an excellent book!It is clear and practical.I believe that anyone struggling with BDP or who interacts with someone with BPD will find this book very helpful.

Good Info, Bad Advice
I found that this book was very good at explaining the more technical jargon and was excellent at moving through the various stages and facets of the disorder.

What gives me great pause was the dire finality in the chapters regarding the partner/husband/wife/friend of one suffering with BPD.It gives no advice as to how to implement any new strategies in understanding (which is what would be beneficial) of the BPD sufferer - it only gives ways to safely end a relationship and not allow violence.Yes, that is probably important to discuss, but it paints Borderlines as masochistic, manic individuals.

I felt that these chapters were "borderline" ridiculous....at best.

A must-read for BPD sufferers and people who care about them
This book is well written and offers excellent insights and advice to anyone suffering from BPD, as well as those who love someone with the disorder. Except for its easy-to-read style, there is nothing "dummy-ish" about this book. Highly recommended.

Helpful resource
Great overview of the disease and its various manifestations presented in a wonderfully humorous manner. A good way to share this info with family and friends.

simple language
specific book on BPD, easy understand, allthough i wasnt impressed with the last chapter which basically tells anyone who is in a relationship with someone suffering from BPD- that they should end that relationship and how!!! ... Read more

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"If we wish to help humans to become more fully human, we must realize not only that they try to realize themselves, but that they are also reluctant or afraid or unable to do so. Only by fully appreciating this dialectic between sickness and health can we help to tip the balance in favor of health." —Abraham Maslow

Abraham Maslow's theories of self-actualization and the hierarchy of human needs are the cornerstone of modern humanistic psychology, and no book so well epitomizes those ideas as his classic Toward a Psychology of Being.

A profound book, an exciting book, its influence continues to spread, more than a quarter century after its author's death, beyond psychology and throughout the humanities, social theory, and business management theory.

Of course, the book's enduring popularity stems from the important questions it raises and the answers it provides concerning what is fundamental to human nature and psychological well-being, and what is needed to promote, maintain, and restore mental and emotional well-being. But its success also has to do with Maslow's unique ability to convey difficult philosophical concepts with passion, precision, and astonishing clarity, and, through the power of his words, to ignite in readers a sense of creative joy and wholeness toward which we, as beings capable of self-actualization, strive.

This Third Edition makes Abraham Maslow's ideas accessible to a new generation of psychology students, as well as businesspeople, managers, and trainers interested in applying the study of human behavior to management techniques.

An energetic and articulate scholar, Professor Maslow was the author of more than twenty books, including Eupsychian Management; Psychology of Science; Religions, Values, and Peak Experiences; Motivation and Personality; and Principles of Abnormal Psychology (with B. Mittelmann). He also edited New Knowledge in Human Values and wrote nearly one hundred articles. His teachings continue to be a staple for psychologists and psychology students.

"Capacities clamor to be used, and cease their clamor only when they are well used. . . . Not only is it fun to use our capacities, but it is necessary for growth. The unused skill or capacity or organ can become a disease center or else atrophy or disappear, thus diminishing the person." —Abraham Maslow

Toward a Psychology of Being, Third Edition

Abraham Maslow doesn't pretend to have easy answers, absolutes, or solutions that bring the relief of finality—but he does have a deep belief in people. In this Third Edition of Toward a Psychology of Being (the original edition sold well over 100,000 copies), there is a constant optimistic thrust toward a future based on the intrinsic values of humanity. Professor Maslow states that, "This inner nature, as much as we know of it so far, seems not to be intrinsically evil, but rather either neutral or positively 'good.' What we call evil behavior appears most often to be a secondary reaction to frustration of this intrinsic nature." He demonstrates that human beings can be loving, noble, and creative, and are capable of pursuing the highest values and aspirations.

This Third Edition will bring Professor Maslow's ideas to a whole new generation of business and psychology readers, as well as anyone interested in the study of human behavior. ... Read more

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MASLOW'S FOLLOW-UP TO "MOTIVATION AND PERSONALITY"
Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) was an American psychologist best known for his conceptualization of a "hierarchy of human needs" and "self-actualization." He (along with Carl Rogers) is considered the founder of humanistic or "Third Force" psychology.

Maslow states in the Preface to the first edition of this 1968 book, "This book is a continuation of my 'Motivation and Personality,' published in 1954. It was constructed in about the same way, that is, by doing one piece at a time of the larger theoretical structure. It is a predecessor to work yet to be done toward the construction of a comprehensive, systematic and empirically based general psychology and philosophy which includes both the depths and the heights of human nature... I consider this book to be in the realm of science, or pre-science, rather than of exhortation, or of personal philosophy, or literary expression."

Here are some representative quotations from the book:

Self-actualization "stresses 'full humanness,' the development of the biologically based nature of man, and therefore is (empirically) normative for the whole species rather than for particular times and places, i.e., it is less culturally relative." (Preface)
"Since this inner nature is good or neutral rather than bad, it is best to bring it out and encourage it rather than to suppress it. If it is permitted to guide our life, we grow healthy, fruitful, and happy." (Ch. 1)
The humanistic school "(in the extreme instance) is equally vulnerable, for they tend to see through rose-colored glasses and generally slide over the problems of pathology, of weakness, of FAILURE to grow. One is like a theology of evil and sin excusively; the other is like a theology without any evil at all, and is therefore equally incorrect and unrealistic." (Ch. 4)
"The peak experience is felt as a self-validating, self-justifying moment which carries its own intrinsic value with it." (Ch. 6)
"If this essential core (inner nature) of the person is frustrated, denied or suppressed, sickness results, sometimes in obvious forms, sometimes in subtle and devious forms." (Ch. 14)

BRAIN CLEANSING
HOW CAN WE REALLY KNOW WHATS HAPPENING AROUND US CLEARLY UNTIL WE CAN CLEARLY KNOW OURSELVES? THIS BOOK PORTRAYS THE ENLIGHTENED INDIVIDUAL AS A WELL ADJUSTED HUMAN BEING WHOSE PERSPECTIVE MAKES IT FAR EASIER FOR HIM TO RELATE TO HIS ENVIORMENT AND THOSE IN IT. THIS BOOK WILL DRIVE HOME THE IMPORTANCE OF REACTING TO YOUR EXPIERIENCES WITHOUT CLOUDING YOUR MIND WITH UNRELATED THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS. AN INTERESTING AND EASY READ.

A New Model of Humankind
A better understanding Maslow can best be accomplished if we are able to set aside preconceptions about what a human being is. Dr. Maslow wrote for his colleagues, not for the masses. His work is very hard sledding for laypersons. However, those who make the effort will find it a rewarding journey. "Toward a Psychology of Being" is a valuable read for psychologists and scientists, as well as religionists and philosophers. But perhaps patient lay persons will be best rewarded because they will be less hampered by the logic tight compartments of science, religion and philosophy. Maslow defied the Aristotelian barriers between the disciplines and suggests a model of humankind that is vastly more profound than Freud or Watson or Skinner. He observes in "Toward a Psychology of Being" that a biologist had recently announced that he had found the missing link between anthropoid apes and civilized man: "It is us!" Indeed, we are in the process of becoming, and in this book he begins to unfold his more astonishing concepts about peak experiences and metamotivations. Dr. Maslow declares in this book that his "Psychology of Science" will carry his expanding vision of human possibilities even farther, and clearly demonstrate "... that the life of science can be a life of passion, of beauty, of hope for humankind, and a revelation of values."Maslow's life was all these things. Regrettably perhaps, as Colin Wilson pointed out, his most valuable later works (such as "Toward a Psychology of Being," "The Psychology of Science: a reconnaissance," "The Farther Reaches of Human Nature," and "Religions, Values and Peak Experiences,") are generally stuff for the 21st century.

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Happy with the book, it is cleanand arrivedon time. Thaks !

How could this book possibly cost $50?
This book was not written as a textbook - it was written as a standard work of non-fiction. 15 years ago it cost $8.How can they charge $50 for it?

I believe we have to take these factors into account when discussing the merits of a book.This price is really out of hand. ... Read more

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The most comprehensive single volume ever published on the subject, the Handbook of Personality Psychology is the end-all, must-have reference work for personality psychologists. This handbook discusses the development and measurement of personality as well as biological and social determinants, dynamic personality processes, the personality's relation to the self, and personality in relation to applied psychology. Authored by the field's most respected researchers, each chapter provides a concise summary of the subject to date. Topics include such areas as individual differences, stability of personality, evolutionary foundations of personality, cross-cultural perspectives, emotion, psychological defenses, and the connection between personality and health. Intended for an advanced audience, the Handbook of Personality Psychology will be your foremost resource in this diverse field.

Chapter topics include:
* Nature of personality psychology
* Conceptual and measurement issues in personality
* Developmental issues
* Biological determinants of personality
* Social determinants of personality
* Dynamic personality processes
* Personality and the self
* The Five Factor Model
* Applied psychology ... Read more

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An Excellent Source of Reference
A very comprehensive work on Personality and it's related constructs. Highly rich in content and depth. I had procured it more for the portions of the book on the five factor model of personality and it's facets.

It is an excellent reference guide for consultants and even HR managers who want to know more on the field of personality. A worthwhile investment.

Great as a reference book!
I just received this book and I think it is excellent. Chapters start with an introduction or summary, and end with either a conclusion or implications section, which makes it easy to preview the topic without having to read a lot. There are 3 things I should warn prospective buyers, though: it is expensive ($89.95 the paperback edition!), it is extensive (enciclopedic, with almost a 1000 pages), and it is written for "people in the know" (NOT a beginners' book). But because it is so extensive, it has a chapter on every topic on personality psychology theories I could think of. Great as a reference book! ... Read more

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This successful text puts “personality” back into the personality course, integrating the classic insights of the personality theorists with modern research in a manner that will fascinate and encourage deeper thought.

This text explores classic theory from a perspective that encourages critical thinking and fosters intellectual insight with respect to human nature.  For example, it shows the relevance of classic theory to topics of personality and culture, evolution, ego, gender, and person-situation interactionism.

Employing the highest scientific standards, Personality also uses a wide range of unique and provocative pedagogical devices that have been shown to motivate students. Hailed as the best-written, most relevant personality textbook on the market, Friedman and Schustack's fourth edition brings the field of personality to today's diverse student body.

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Personality: Classic Theories and Modern Research 4th
The book has both in text definitions, definitions bulleted to the side and definitions in the back of the book which I found to be quite helpful.Very easy to reference.

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When the book arrived everything looked good until i opened the book to discover that the cover of the book was not attached. For what the review said about this book nothing was suppose to be wrong with it and for the money i paid nothing should have been.

HORRID. Even my professor hates this textbook.
This is by far the WORST textbook I have ever encountered in my entire college career. Even my professor stated that this was his first and LAST course using this book. My GPA is above 3.75 consistently, so I am a conscientious student - however, the way the material in this textbook is structured, I was only able to earn a high 'C' on the most recent assessment (which was OPEN BOOK!!!)

I am furious and disappointed, and I am among the majority in the class who feel this way. Just awful. All copies of this book should be burned.

Needed for a Class
I needed this book for a Psychology class, It's actually very interesting and well written. The author actually has a voice, as opposed to being a plainly scientific text.

Great Textbook
I bought this book as a "refresher" to all the various psychological theories, while heading into the final semester of social work graduate school.I am quite happy with this book.It is written for the lay person as well as the graduate student.I like how the authors provide a mini biography of the theorists, as it gives the reader a glimpse into their psyches.I found myself, for example, thinking, "Hmmm, no wonder Freud thought the way he did." It is an easy, yet highly informative read; I highly recommend it. ... Read more

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In the social and behavioural sciences, advances in substantive knowledge depend heavily on the quality and sophistication of available research methods. Nowhere is this more true than in the burgeoning field of personality and social psychology.

In Research Methods in Personality and Social Psychology contributors describe key research techniques and strategies (such as design of an interaction laboratory, psychophysiological methods and use of reaction time as a measure), present various research designs (meta-analysis, covariance structure modelling and dyadic research) and address the classic distinction between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to research.

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This is a most interesting book that combines psychology with homeopathy. Philip Bailey describes in depth the personality profiles of some 35 polychrests. The last pages of the book cover a mix of psychological astrology and homeopathy when he explores the elements and some polychrests. Bailey provides detailed information on 35 major types, giving insight on diagnosis, mental and emotional traits, and physical characteristics. His broad profiles of major constitutional remedies give the reader a good overall picture of the personality type and therefore ways of remembering facts about the archetype, by having a unifying theory for each remedy. ... Read more

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Absolutely nailed it!
I was looking for info on a constitutional remedy and stumbled upon an online preview of this book. As 'luck' would have it, the preview had the chapter on the needed remedy in its entirety (though most other chapters were missing from the preview). I got what I needed, so I didn't really need the book anymore, but I was SO impressed that I ordered it anyway!

I agree with the other reviewers - this book is hard to put down! I have nearly finished the whole book, even though most of the remedies did not apply to anyone I know. It is exceedingly well-written and details the subtle differences between the remedies. I especially liked how he mentioned other remedies in each chapter, further clarifying the differences between several remedies which might confuse the practitioner at first glance.

I am absolutely blown away by this book! I'm not a practitioner, so I cannot comment on the accuracy of the info from a clinical perspective, but I can say that his descriptions were uncannily accurate, on the several remedies that matched my loved ones. I have a keen, personal interest in Homeopathy, and have read only a few books on constitional remedies, but so far, this blows them all away! By far the most in-depth Homeopathy book I've ever read!

I was also impressed with the author's knowledge of and correlations with mythological archetypes, which proved very useful.

If I may be so bold, I would venture to say that practitioners would find much of value in this book, even if they disagree with some of the author's observations.

Life changing book
If I'd acquired this knowledge of personalities in my 20 my whole life would have been different. I would not have wasted my time and life and health on unavailable men like Tuberculinum, I would have made better choices regarding my own path and would not have judged myself so harshly for being who I am.
This stuff should be taught in high schools, regardless of effectiveness, or not, of homeopathy.
So much better than astrological profiling, way more accurate.
Brilliant writing, concise and clear.

Understand others
A good book to help you to understand other people and how to relate to them in a meaningful way.

Review of Homeopathic Psychology
While I would have liked a more clinical approach, this book has a lot of excellent information. For some of the constitutional types the author dsecribes, the descriptions are too general and vague, but even in those chapters, there is a lot of very useful information. I definitely recommend this book to anyone wanting a more in depth understanding of constitutional types.

Excellent Insights
This book is a great back-up reference for aspiring or practicing homeopaths (or, truthfully, for anyone wanting better understanding of why some people act the way they do).

I think the author is a great writer.He really paints full pictures of the various remedy types he covers.

In reality though, I have found that no one is only one remedy type (constitution); people generally have a few "constitutions" that predominate.This is why not everything he says about a type is true.The profiles must be taken in holistically and intuitively, not as set in stone.

The only "problem" I have with this author is his never changing doses of 10M.This is really bad advice!!I take the LM potencies -- 10Ms would not only jar my system, but they simply don't go deep enough or last long enough to bring cure.Hahnemann created the LM potencies specifically because 20% of his patients didn't heal all the way with the C potencies (M potencies are at the high end of the C scale).And even if a patient doesn't want to do the LMs, he may need a 200C or a 30C or who knows?But all patients, most certainly (!) do not "automatically" need or respond favorably to the 10M potency.Potency is a very, very individual thing (see Sankaran's work, or read Neil Tessler's interview with Divya Chhabra as two examples of the highly individualist nature of choosing the best potency for each individual patient). ... Read more

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This proven text fuses the best of theory-based and research-based instruction to give students a powerful introduction to personality. Burger pairs "theory, applications, and assessment" chapters with chapters that describe the research programs aligned with every major theoretical approach. Biographical sketches of theorists and accounts of the stories behind influential research programs help students understand how classic and contemporary findings relate to each other, and reinforce the idea that theory and research perpetuate one another ... Read more

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The best
This is an outstanding book. I'm currently usingit on one of my Psychology courses in college and I'm very happy with it!

Hated this book
I am a psychology major and I was so dissapointed in the book and how it bounced around. This book didn't teach me a darn thing!

Personality
I was to receive this book by July 13, it is now July 20 and I do not have it.I cannot start my class until I get this book.

yay!
This is exactly the book I expected. I am receiving an A in psychology at this point and it is largely because you sent the right book! Thanks a lot!!

Personality Book
This book is geat for my class because my teacher uses it a lot. However, I find it kind of boring to try to read. I guess I'm just not that interested in Freud and his theories. ... Read more

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Oxford Handbooks offer authoritative and up-to-date reviews of original research in a particular subject area. Specially commissioned chapters from leading figures in the discipline give critical examinations of the progress and direction of debates, as well as a foundation for future research. Oxford Handbooks provide scholars and graduate students with compelling new perspectives upon a wide range of subjects in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.



As one of psychology's oldest fields, personality assessment is one of the most extensively studied subsets of contemporary psychology. The Oxford Handbook of Personality Assessment synthesizes new and existing literature with clinical practice to provide a comprehensive volume on contemporary personality assessment, including its historical developments, underlying methods, applications, contemporary issues, and assessment techniques. This handbook, part of the Oxford Library of Psychology, addresses both the historical roots of personality assessment and the evolution of its contemporary methodological tenets, thus providing a foundation for the handbook's other innovative focus: the application of personality assessment in clinical, personnel, and forensic assessments.

With a wealth of respected international contributors and unequalled breadth of content, the Oxford Handbook of Personality Assessment offers an authoritative and field-encompassing resource for researchers and clinicians from across the medical health and psychology disciplines (i.e., clinical psychology, psychiatry, and social work) and would be an ideal text for any graduate course on the topic of personality assessment. ... Read more

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Part of the authoritative four-volume reference that spans the entire field of child development and has set the standard against which all other scholarly references are compared. Updated and revised to reflect the new developments in the field, the Handbook of Child Psychology, Sixth Edition contains new chapters on such topics as spirituality, social understanding, and non-verbal communication.

Volume 3: Social, Emotional, and Personality Development, edited by Nancy Eisenberg, Arizona State University, covers mechanisms of socialization and personality development, including parent/child relationships, peer relationships, emotional development, gender role acquisition, pro-social and anti-social development, motivation, achievement, social cognition, and moral reasoning, plus a new chapter on adolescent development. ... Read more

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a study of jungian archetypes in depth
Excellent and thorough discussions of Jungian typology including numerous examples.Some discussion of potential medical problems could be updated with current examples from literature regarding psycho/physical illnesses.

Complicated Stuff, Simplified, for Complicated People...
Daryl Sharp's 'Personality Types' is an excellent way of being introduced to C.G. Jung's Model of Typology.A brief list of areas explored include, the two personality attitudes - Introversion and Extroversion - and four functions or modes of orientation -Thinking - Intuition - Sensation - Feeling.

I once attended a workshop where we, the participants, had previously undergone a few psychological test, includingthe Jung-Myers-Briggs typology test. In this workshop, we were separated into small groups of 4 or 5 people, all of different typologies, and we were given quite simple tasks to be completed as a group. Well, you wouldhave thought these tasks to be simple, but given the diversity in our personality types, many of the groups performed quite poorly in accomplishing their goal and a few even outright failed, with one person stomping out of the room in tears.

If you deal with groups, in business or elsewhere -- I suppose that we all deal with groups filled with different personality types, the first being our family -- then I highly recommend Daryl Sharp's 'Personality Types' to gain basic insights into how and why people are moved to act and react in a host of different fashions.

Just Jung
Nothing new is added to Jung's premises but they are put forth in clear concise language.This book sticks solely to Jung's ideas. I would have liked a bit more input from the author.Perhaps I should give this book 4stars because it does what it sets out to do, but you may be able to findbetter.Books I've read by Loomis and Van Fronz(based on a lecture)describe the types clearly and add a bit to it. ... Read more

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The various perspectives of the field of personality provide the organizing framework for this text.  Each perspective is presented in two chapters and is introduced by a prologue that describes the assumptions and themes of the perspective.

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Good deal, fast shipping
Can't really get too excited about this (because it was from a class a number of years ago) but Amazon did deliver a good quality copy for many $'s cheaper than the campus book store.

Perspectives on Personality
Services were awesome; I got my purchased product within two weeks of purchase and the product came in perfect shape as noted!

ii dont like th e serv ice
it supose to come with psyckit with i didnot get
and i needed it for my class so i had to buy another book for that i will try not to buy books from here gain

Good textbook!
I purchased this book for a class I was taking and found that I enjoyed it a lot.The subject of personality is a wide one, but I found this book to explain the subject well and it was easy to read, which is a plus with textbooks.It's a little large, size wise, but other than that, I think its a great book.

Personality Theories
This book is an excellent source on the perspective of personality theories.It covers all aspects of personality in a manner that is easy to follow while still being thorough.I would suggest that any student that is studying personality theories using this book consider taking a course in abnormal psychology.The two courses together compliment each other. ... Read more

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Frank Dumont presents current personality psychology with a fresh description of its current status as well as its prospects. Play, sex, cuisine, creativity, altruism, pets, grieving rituals, and other oft-neglected topics broaden the scope of this fascinating study. This tract is imbued with historical perspectives that reveal the continuity in the evolving science and research of this discipline over the past century. The author places classic schemas and constructs, as well as current principles, in the context of their socio-political catalysts. He further relates this study of the person to life-span developmental issues and to cultural, gender-specific, trait-based, genetic/epigenetic, and evolutionary research findings. Personality psychology has recently reconciled itself to more modest paradigms for describing, explaining, and predicting human behaviour than it generated in the 19th and 20th centuries. This book documents that transformation, providing valuable information for health-service professionals as well as to teachers, researchers, and scientists. ... Read more

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For family members of people with borderline personality disorder (BPD), home life is routinely unpredictable and frequently unbearable. Extreme mood swings, impulsive behaviors, and suicidal tendencies—common conduct among those who suffer from the disorder—leave family members feeling confused, hurt, and helpless.

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The essential family guide to borderline personality disorder: new tools and techniques to stop walking on eggshells
This book provided additional insight into BPD.I have tried some of the techniques suggested by the author and I must say they have worked better than I would have imagined.So I will continue to put the many suggestions into practice.Well written with theory and practical mixed in.I would recommend this to anyone who has to deal with a loved one with BPD.

Excellent Service and product
I recieved the book in a timely manner. It was in brand new condition. Very Very Satisfied.

Practical and thoughtful book
THis is a great book for folks who wonder what may be "wrong" with someone in their family---the truth is, without a professional diagnosis one can't be sure---but to me, the insights into challenging family members provided a unique and sympathetic approach to handling and supporting people who may or may not have BPD.The descriptions of the syndrome, the ways to approach and work to support people is terrific.I would recommend this book highly---it has been enormously helpful for me. The book is direct, practical and positive.

A MUST read for families, friends, clinicians, doctors, etc.

I wish there was a better way to get the word out that this book is hands down a MUST read for anyone who has been impacted by someone they care about living with a personality disorder. I am a clinical social worker and I recommend this book whenever possible-- to the families of my clients, when I am giving presentations or teaching students. Although the book is specifically written for how to cope, understand and interact with someone living with BPD, Kreger offers some great suggestions for anyone in need of support for how to interact with a person having problems with interpersonal relationships and managing emotions.

You can read the first chapter "Welcome to Oz" in it's entirety on Google Books. However, there are two chapters I continually find to be the most helpful. Chapter 3: "Making sense of your relationship" is excellent. It offers insight for the reader to better understand how BPD features challenge a relationship. Kreger describes easy to understand concepts such as childlike characteristics, low emotional intelligence, rejection sensitivity and impulsive aggression. I also highly recommend Chapter 9: "Communicate to be heard," which educates the reader on BPD communication deficits and how to create a "climate of cooperation" with the person living with BPD. Kreger walks you through step by step how to verbally acknowledge what the other person is feeling. She offers specific words that can be used with the person such as "I want to hear about it, but it's hard for me when things get too emotional. I want to give you my full attention and that's too hard for me to do right now. Let me have a little while to calm down and then we can talk" Kreger's writing style is accessible and easy to follow. There are case examples in the book, but they are not too overpowering. The book is packed with useful information that will hit home for many readers.

An insite to dealing with a borderline personality - Easy to read and sensible
The family guide is written in an easy to understand manner.Learning to deal with this problem is essential if you have even a distant family member with this disorder. Written at a level the high school members of the family can understand. ... Read more

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Man¿s interest in character is founded on an intensely practical need. In whatsoever relationship we deal with our fellows- we base our intercourse largely on our understanding of their characters.' (Excerpt) ... Read more

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