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BUY FROM PUBLISHER Available as an ebook at: Amazon Kindle Apple iBooks Barnes & Noble Nook	Gender and Personality: Current Perspectives on Theory and Research edited by Abigail J. Stewart and M. Brinton Lykes Duke University Press, 1985 Paper: 978-0-8223-0262-9 \| eISBN: 978-0-8223-9683-3 Library of Congress Classification BF692.2.G465 1985 Dewey Decimal Classification 155.33 ABOUT THIS BOOK \| REVIEWS \| TOC \| REQUEST ACCESSIBLE FILE ABOUT THIS BOOK "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 REVIEWS "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 TABLE OF CONTENTS 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 REQUEST ACCESSIBLE FILE If you are a student who has a disability that prevents you from using this book in printed form, BiblioVault may be able to supply you with an electronic file for alternative access. Please have the disability coordinator at your school fill out this form. It can take 2-3 weeks for requests to be filled. See other books on: Current Perspectives \| Human Sexuality \| Lykes, M. Brinton \| Personality \| Sex differences (Psychology) See other titles from Duke University Press

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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