Can Personality Change?

Download or read book Can Personality Change? written by Todd F. Heatherton and published by Amer Psychological Assn. This book was released on 1994-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, leading figures in the field of personality research examine provocative theories of change and stability, present important new data from longitudinal research, and discuss state-of-the-art measurement issues. In addition to exploring solid traditional approaches to studying personality stability and change, this volume stimulates fresh insights by examining such processes as sudden transformational change; by looking to the addiction and recovery field for clues as to how change occurs or is blocked; and by tracing precursors to change. This volume asks the right questions and arrives at answers that will intrigue all those whose research or practice is involved with how people change.