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| Preface to the third edition |
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| Preface to the second edition |
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| Preface to the first edition |
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Part I The nature of personality traits |
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The trait concept and personality theory |
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Introduction: conceptions of traits |
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3 | (5) |
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A brief history of traits |
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8 | (4) |
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Psychometric approaches to identifying personality dimensions |
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12 | (7) |
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Primary factors of personality: the 16PF and other questionnaires |
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19 | (4) |
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Higher-order factors: the `Big Five' or the `Gigantic Three'? |
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23 | (3) |
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Current conceptions of personality structure |
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26 | (14) |
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40 | (2) |
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Persons, situations and interactionism |
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42 | (21) |
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42 | (13) |
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Are traits universal across cultures? |
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55 | (7) |
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62 | (1) |
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Personality across the life span |
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63 | (22) |
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63 | (7) |
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70 | (8) |
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Temperament, personality and stability: longitudinal studies |
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78 | (5) |
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83 | (2) |
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Stable traits and transient states |
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85 | (36) |
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Introduction: the place of states in trait theory |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (5) |
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State dimensions: affect, mood and self-report arousal |
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91 | (10) |
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Beyond mood: additional state domains |
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101 | (3) |
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Traits and states: empirical studies |
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104 | (14) |
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118 | (3) |
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Alternative views of personality: challenges to trait theory |
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121 | (30) |
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Traits in psychodynamic theory |
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122 | (6) |
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The unconscious: contemporary studies |
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128 | (5) |
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Assessment of implicit traits |
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133 | (6) |
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Humanistic and phenomenological approaches |
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139 | (9) |
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148 | (3) |
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Part II Causes of personality traits |
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151 | (116) |
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Genes, environments and personality traits |
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153 | (34) |
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153 | (6) |
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159 | (5) |
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164 | (4) |
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Genes, environment and multiple personality traits |
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168 | (3) |
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Further issues in genetic research |
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171 | (10) |
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Molecular genetic studies of personality |
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181 | (4) |
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185 | (2) |
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The psychobiology of traits |
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187 | (44) |
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Introduction: neuropsychological approaches to personality |
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187 | (2) |
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Ground-plans for neuropsychological theory |
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189 | (7) |
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Psychophysiological techniques: an outline and examples |
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196 | (7) |
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Personality and brain imaging |
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203 | (6) |
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Personality and arousal: towards an integrated theory? |
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209 | (10) |
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Personality and sensitivity to motivational stimuli |
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219 | (7) |
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Psychophysiology: where next? |
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226 | (2) |
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228 | (3) |
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The social psychology of traits |
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231 | (36) |
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Introduction: personality and social behaviour |
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231 | (5) |
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Personality development: social-psychological perspectives |
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236 | (12) |
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Consistencies in social knowledge and cognition |
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248 | (6) |
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Traits and processes: agreeableness and social behaviour |
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254 | (3) |
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`Social-psychological' traits |
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257 | (4) |
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A rapprochement between social psychology and trait theory? |
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261 | (3) |
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264 | (3) |
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Part III Consequences and applications |
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267 | (185) |
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269 | (32) |
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Introduction: the nature of stress |
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269 | (2) |
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Stress and physiological reactivity |
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271 | (2) |
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Neuroticism and stress vulnerability |
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273 | (8) |
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Transactional perspectives on personality and stress: mediator and moderator hypotheses |
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281 | (11) |
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Neuroticism, stress and emotional disorders: a self-regulative perspective |
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292 | (7) |
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299 | (2) |
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301 | (22) |
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301 | (3) |
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304 | (4) |
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308 | (2) |
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Neuroticism as a risk factor for multiple diseases |
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310 | (2) |
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312 | (5) |
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Traits and health-related behaviours |
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317 | (1) |
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Life course approaches to personality, stress and illness |
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318 | (1) |
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Models of psychosomatic illness |
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319 | (2) |
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321 | (2) |
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Abnormal personality traits? |
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323 | (34) |
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Personality disorders: concept and classification |
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324 | (5) |
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Problems with personality disorders in current categorical systems |
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329 | (7) |
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Are there abnormal personality traits? |
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336 | (11) |
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Personality disorders and models of normal personality: integrating psychiatry and differential psychology? |
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347 | (7) |
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354 | (3) |
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Personality, performance and information processing |
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357 | (35) |
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Performance studies and trait theory |
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357 | (4) |
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Theories of personality and performance |
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361 | (6) |
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Extraversion-introversion and performance |
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367 | (10) |
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Trait anxiety, neuroticism and performance |
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377 | (8) |
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Personality and intelligence |
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385 | (5) |
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390 | (2) |
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Applications of personality assessment |
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392 | (38) |
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Principles of trait assessment |
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392 | (13) |
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Educational and clinical applications |
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405 | (6) |
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Personality and job performance |
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411 | (5) |
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Organisational psychology: further applications |
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416 | (5) |
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421 | (6) |
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427 | (3) |
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430 | (22) |
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Achievements of trait research |
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430 | (6) |
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Towards a theory of traits |
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436 | (11) |
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Traits and the coherence of personality theory |
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447 | (3) |
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450 | (2) |
| References |
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452 | (95) |
| Author index |
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547 | (8) |
| Subject index |
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