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Personality Traits

Thissecondeditionofthebestsellingtextbook Personality Traits isanes-

sentialtextforstudentsdoingcoursesinpersonalityanddifferentialpsy-

chology and also offers a coherent, up-to-date overview for researchers

andpractitioners.Theauthorshaveupdatedthevolumethroughout,incor-

porating the latest research in the ﬁeld, and added three new chapters on

personalityacrossthelifespan,healthandapplicationsofpersonalityas-

sessment. Personality research has been transformed by recent advances

inourunderstandingofpersonalitytraits.Thisbookreviewstheoriginsof

traits in biological and social processes, and their consequences for cog-

nition, stress and physical and mental health. Contrary to the traditional

view of personality research as a collection of disconnected theories,

Personality Traits provides an integrated account, linking theory-driven

research with applications in clinical and occupational psychology. The

new format of the book, including many additional features, makes it

even more accessible and reader friendly.

GERALD MATTHEWS is Professor of Psychology at the University of

Cincinnati and has previously held faculty positions at the Universities

of Aston and Dundee. He has co-authored several volumes, including

Attention and Emotion: a Clinical Perspective (1994) which won the

1998BritishPsychologicalSocietyBookAward,andhaspublishedmany

articles in the area of personality research.

IAN J. DEARY isProfessorofDifferentialPsychologyattheUniversity

of Edinburgh. He is also a registered medical practitioner and member

of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. He has written extensively on per-

sonalityandintelligenceandwonthe2002BritishPsychologicalSociety

Book Award for Looking Down on Human Intelligence (2000).

MARTHA C. WHITEMAN isaLecturerinPsychologyattheUniversity

ofEdinburgh.Herresearchisdirectedtowardspersonality,cardiovascular

disease, aging and public health. She has published articles in medical

and psychological journals that include The Lancet and Psychosomatic

Medicine .

Personality Traits

SECOND EDITION

GERALD MATTHEWS

University of Cincinnati

IAN J. DEARY

University of Edinburgh

MARTHA C. WHITEMAN

University of Edinburgh

Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo

Cambridge University Press

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First published in print format

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