The author explores the viability of a comparative approach to personality research. A
review of the diverse animal-personality literature suggests that (a) most research uses trait …

This monograph describes research findings linking intelligence and personality traits with
health outcomes, including health behaviors, morbidity, and mortality. The field of study of …

Since publication in its first edition the Handbook of Psychological Testing has become the
standard text for organisational and educational psychologists. It offers the only …

In a narrow sense, the five-factor model (FFM) of personality is an empirical generalization
about the covariation of personality traits. As Digman and Inouye (1986) put it,“if a large …

Now in a revised and expanded second edition, this influential work argues for the enduring
stability of personality across adult development. It also offers a highly accessible …

This chapter introduces readers to a basic model and framework with which to understand
how human cultures influence, and are influenced by, psychological processes and …

This is the third English edition of Motivation and Action, an extensively revised version of
the second English edition and fifth German edition, with four entirely new chapters. All …

Temperaments are often regarded as biologically based psychological tendencies with
intrinsic paths of development. It is argued that this definition applies to the personality traits …

What are the basic dimensions of temperament? How does temperament influence
children's relationships to their physical and social worlds--and their behavior and …

The evolutionary continuity between humans and other animals suggests that some
dimensions of personality may be common across a wide range of species. Unfortunately …