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Gender and Personality

Current Perspectives on Theory and Research

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Pages: 330

Published: November 1985

Editors: Abigail J. Stewart and M. Brinton Lykes

Contributors: Abigail J. Stewart, Leslie R. Brody, Helen Block Lewis, Lenore E. Auerbach Walker, J. G. Morawski, Carol E. Franz, Ravenna Helson, William P. Gaeddert, Peter D. Lifton, David G. Winter, Rae Carlson, Deborah Belle, M. Brinton Lykes, Angela Browne, Kathleen M. White, Valory Mitchell, Barbara Hart, and Nicole B. Barenbaum

"This volume is . . . devoted to the question of how 'gender' is and (especially) should be, conceptualized in personality theory and research. It was designed for students and researchers. The idea . . . grew out of our conviction that 'gender' has played a curious and paradoxical role in personality theory and research to date."—from the Introduction

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"Gender and Personality has a breadth and thoroughness that suggests it will stand as a marker for some years to come; it provides a comprehensive coverage of a perspective on gender that has not been treated systematically in recent years. The work is scholarly but not esoteric, and the breadth of coverage makes it a valuable sourcebook." - Kay Deaux

"I am enthusiastic about this work; with the strong introduction, the contents are approachable by the non-specialist and contain much of value on gender differences. The chapters link up well to similar discussions in all other disciplines. . . . All of the contents demonstrate a great variety and vitality." - Jean O'Barr

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Conceptualizing gender in personality theory and research / Abigail J. Stewart and M. Brinton Lykes 2

Gender differences in emotional development: A review of theories and research / Leslie R. Brody 14

Depression vs. paranoia: Why are there sex differences in mental illness? / Helen Block Lewis 62

Gender and victimization by intimates / Lenore E. Auerback Walker and Angela Browne 91

The measurement of masculinity and femininity: Engendering categorical realities / J. G. Morawski 108

Individuation and attachment in personality development: Extending Erickson's theory / Carol E. Franz and Kathleen M. White 136

Lives of women who become autonomous / Ravenna Helson, Valory Mitchell, and Barbara Hart 169

Sex and sex role effects on achievement strivings: Dimensions of similarity and difference / William P. Gaeddert 198

Individual differences in moral development: The relation of sex, gender, and personality to morality / Peter D. Lifton 218

Responsibility and the power motive in women and men / David G. Winter and Nicole B. Barnebaum 247

Gender and individualistic vs. collective bases for notions about the self / M. Brinton Lykes 268

Masculine/feminine: A personological perspective / Rae Carlson 296

Ironies in the contemporary study of gender / Deborah Belle 312

Index 319

Editors and contributors 325

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Paper ISBN: 978-0-8223-0262-9 / eISBN: 978-0-8223-9683-3 /