Differentiating Normal and 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 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 personalityStrack, Stephen is the author of 'Differentiating Normal and Abnormal Personality', published 2006 under ISBN 9780826132062 and ISBN 0826132065.