Bringing together prominent scholars, this authoritative volume considers the development of personality at multiple levels--from the neuroscience of dispositional traits to the cultural shaping of life stories. Illustrated with case studies and concrete examples, the Handbook integrates areas of research that have often remained disparate. It offers a lifespan perspective on the many factors that influence each individual's psychological makeup and examines the interface of personality development with health, psychopathology, relationships, and the family. Contributors provide broad-based, up-to-date reviews of theories, empirical findings, methodological innovations, and emerging trends. See also the authored volume The Art and Science of Personality Development, by Dan P. McAdams.
I. Personality Development and Human Nature 1. The Emergence of Personality, Dan P. McAdams 2. The Evolutionary Context of Personality Development, Marco Del Giudice 3. Theoretical Concepts in the Genetics of Personality Development, Elliot M. Tucker-Drob & Daniel A. Briley 4. The Development of a Person: A Relational-Developmental Systems Perspective, Richard M. Lerner & Jacqueline V. Lerner II. Social Actors: From Temperament to Personality Traits 5. Personality Neuroscience: A Developmental Perspective, Colin G. DeYoung & Timothy A. Allen 6. Emotion Reactivity and Regulation: A Developmental Model of Links between Temperament and Personality, Kristin A. Buss, Koraly Perez-Edgar, Alicia Vallorani, & Berenice Anaya 7. Extraversion: Description, Development, and Mechanisms, Luke D. Smillie, Margaret L. Kern, & Mirko Uljarevic 8. Negative Emotionality and Neuroticism from Childhood through Adulthood: A Lifespan Perspective, Rebecca L. Shiner 9. Lifespan Development of Conscientiousness, Joshua J. Jackson & Patrick Hill 10. Agreeableness, Jennifer L. Tackett, Maciel Hernandez, & Nancy Eisenberg 11. The Structure, Measurement, and Development of Openness to Experience across Adulthood, Ted Schwaba 12. Temperament and Personality Trait Development in the Family: Interactions and Transactions with Parenting from Infancy through Adolescence, Liliana J. Lengua, Maria A. Gartstein, & Peter Prinzie 13. Culture, Context, and the Development of Traits, Helena R. Slobodskaya 14. Stability and Change in Personality Traits over the Lifespan, Wiebke Bleidorn & Christopher J. Hopwood III. Motivated Agents: The Development of Goals and Values 15. Attachment and Social Development within a Life-History Perspective, Jeffry A. Simpson & Rachel E. Jones 16. Needs, Motives, and Personality Development: Unanswered Questions and Exciting Potentials, Kennon M. Sheldon & Julia Schuler 17. Achievement Strivings: Motives and Goals that Promote Competence, Amanda M. Durik & K. Ann Renninger 18. Personality Development in Adulthood: A Goal Perspective, Alexandra M. Freund, Christopher M. Napolitano, & Joshua L. Rutt 19. Development of Self-Esteem across the Lifespan, Ulrich Orth & Richard W. Robins 20. Moral Development and Moral Values: Evolutionary and Neurobiological Influences, Darcia Narvaez 21. Religion, Spirituality, and the Agential Self, Paul Wink, Michele Dillon, & Dan Farina 22. Culture and the Development of Motives, Values, and Social Selves, Gary S. Gregg IV. Autobiographical Authors: Life Stories and the Search for Meaning 23. Developmental Foundations of the Narrative Author in Early Mother-Child Reminiscing, Robyn Fivush, Elaine Reese, & Jordan A. Booker 24. Narrative Identity in Adolescence and Adulthood: Pathways of Development, Kate C. McLean & Jennifer P. Lilgendahl 25. Narrative Identity Development across the Lifespan and Psychological Well-Being, Jonathan M. Adler 26. Narrative, Identity, and Identity Statuses: Reflections on the Kaleidoscopic Self, Ruthellen Josselson 27. The Dialogic Development of Personality: Narrative, Culture, and the Study of Lives, Phillip L. Hammack & Erin E. Toolis V. Applications and Integrations 28. Personality Development and Health, Sarah E. Hampson 29. The Development of Subjective Well-Being across the Lifespan, Nathan Hudson, Richard E. Lucas, & M. Brent Donnellan 30. Personality Development and Internalizing Psychopathology, C. Emily Durbin 31. Personality Development and Externalizing Psychopathology, Michelle M. Martel, Tess E. Smith, & Christine A. Lee 32. The Development of Personality Disorders, Andrew M. Chanen & Katherine M. Thompson 33. Personality Development and Relationships in Adulthood, Jennifer M. Senia & M. Brent Donnellan
