Personality psychology is a field devoted to the study of all that it means to be human, and with Personality Psychology 8e, Larsen and Buss capture the excitement of the discipline. This text is unique in two significant ways. First, rather than arranging their text around the traditional grand theories of personality, Larsen and Buss instead used a framework of six domains of knowledge about personality functioning: the dispositional domain, the biological domain, the intrapsychic domain, t...

Therapeutic Work for Children with Complex Trauma offers a contemporary three-track psychodynamic treatment model to mental health professionals working with traumatised children and their caregivers. The authors bring out the specific dynamics of the psychotherapeutic work through four composite cases woven through the book.

Contemporary and compelling: connecting developmental psychology to students own lives

Kathleen Berger's signature narrative voice, wide-ranging cultural perspective, and focus on universal themes captivates students from the outset. Including exceptionally fast moving areas such as brain development and psychopathology (incorporating DSM-5 updates) this edition remains relevant. This engaging title helps students to grasp the important theoretical and scientific work driving the field of dev...

This book sets out the core principles for social justice in the psychological therapies, from theory to practice in the therapy room, and beyond.

An interdisciplinary introduction to the biological and medical underpinnings of health psychology from the cell to population level. It uses cross-cultural, real-world examples to create a readable and understandable guide to the biopsychosocial determinants of personal and public health for students of psychology.

Packed with learning features, this book helps you get your psychology research off the ground, confidently collect and analyse qualitative data, and write up your project or dissertation.

An accessible, humorous, and highly illustrated guide to how the brain’s structures and functions determine how the mind works, this is essential reading for undergraduate psychology students.

Personality: Theories and Applications by Eric Shiraev presents a comprehensive and engaging exploration of the interdisciplinary and cross-cultural study of personality. The new Second Edition incorporates the latest findings from the fields of behavioral economics and neuroscience while offering expanded coverage of contemporary issues.

Toen succesvol productiviteitsexpert Chris Bailey last kreeg van paniekaanvallen en in een burn-out belandde, realiseerde hij zich dat er iets moest veranderen. Hoe kon hij anderen advies geven over beter, aandachtiger en efficiënter werken als hij zelf niet eens doorhad wanneer hij over zijn grenzen ging?

Bailey wendde zich tot de wetenschap en ontdekte de kern van het probleem: de mens is zijn vermogen voor kalmte kwijtgeraakt. Waar we van oudsher momenten van stress afwisselden met kalme...

‘Een heel goed boek.’ – Annette Heffels in Margriet

Maak je steeds weer dezelfde fouten in het leven terwijl je van plan was om een volgende keer anders te reageren? Vertoont je gedrag hardnekkige patronen die je zeer tegen je zin niet eenvoudig kunt doorbreken? In dat geval helpt dit op schematherapie gebaseerde boek je op weg naar een tevredener en evenwichtiger leven.

Schematherapie leert je om de oorsprong van je gedragspatronen te doorgronden, hun invloed op je alledaagse leven te...