Personality theories: A comparative analysis

by Salvatore R. Maddi

Integrating theory and research through comparative analysis, the author offers a work that helps readers think through the most promising views of personality. Through Maddi's comparative analytic approach, research becomes theory-relevant and theory becomes empirically sound. In the process, the whole person emerges clearly. This edition permits consideration of each theory all in one place. Maddi has simplified the style and vocabulary to make the information clearer and more direct.

Genres: Psychology

710 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1980

About the author

Salvatore R. Maddi, professor emeritus of psychological science, an authority on hardiness, died of cancer Nov. 29. He was 87. Maddi's pioneering research changed the perception of stress from an evil to be avoided to an intrinsic part of life that can be beneficial when treated as a challenge.