Table of Contents

I. Designing a Personality Study

1. The Role of Theory in Personality Assessment, Dan P. McAdams and Jennifer L. Pals

2. Designing and Implementing Longitudinal Studies, M. Brent Donnellan and Rand D. Conger

3. Experimental Approaches to the Study of Personality, William Revelle

4. Behavior Genetic Designs, Robert F. Krueger and Jennifer L. Tackett

5. Idiographic Personality: The Theory and Practice of Experience Sampling, Tamlin S. Conner, Lisa Feldman Barrett, Michele M. Tugade, and Howard Tennen

6. Psychobiography and Case Study Methods, Alan C. Elms

7. Mining Archival Data, Phebe Cramer

8. Using the Internet for Personality Research: What Can Be Done, How to Do It, and Some Concerns, R. Chris Fraley

9. The Null Hypothesis Significance-Testing Debate and Its Implications for Personality Research, R. Chris Fraley and Michael J. Marks

10. Cross-Cultural Personality Research: Conceptual and Methodological Issues, Verónica Benet-Martínez

11. Measuring Personality in Nonhuman Animals, Simine Vazire, Samuel D. Gosling, Audrey S. Dickey, and Steven J. Schapiro

II. Methods for Assessing Personality at Different Levels of Analysis

12. Taxonomies, Trends, and Integrations, Kenneth H. Craik

13. The Self-Report Method, Delroy L. Paulhus and Simine Vazire

14. The Construct Validation Approach to Personality Scale Construction, Leonard J. Simms and David Watson

15. Observer Ratings of Personality, Robert R. McCrae and Alexander Weiss

16. Behavior Observation, R. Michael Furr and David C. Funder

17. Content Coding of Open-Ended Responses, Barbara A. Woike

18. Personality Assessment at a Distance, Anna V. Song and Dean Keith Simonton

19. Measuring Implicit Motives, Oliver C. Schultheiss and Joyce S. Pang

20. Lives Lived in Milliseconds: Using Cognitive Methods in Personality Research, Michael D. Robinson

21. Patient and Neuroimaging Methodologies, Jennifer S. Beer and Michael V. Lombardo

22. Physiological Measures, Lisa M. Diamond and Kim Otter-Henderson

23. The Human Genome Project and Personality: What We Can Learn about Our Inner and Outer Selves through Our Genes, Richard P. Ebstein, Rachel Bachner-Melman, Salomon Israel, Lubov Nemanov, and Inga Gritsenko

III. Analyzing and Interpreting Personality Data

24. Toward Modern Psychometrics: Application of Item Response Theory Models in Personality Research, Julien Morizot, Andrew T. Ainsworth, and Steven P. Reise

25. Factor Analysis in Personality Research, Kibeom Lee and Michael C. Ashton

26. Applications of Structural Equation Modeling in Personality Research, Rick H. Hoyle

27. The Importance of Being Valid: Reliability and the Process of Construct Validation, Oliver P. John and Christopher J. Soto

28. Evaluating Effect Size in Personality Research, Daniel J. Ozer

29. Multilevel Modeling in Personality Research, John B. Nezlek

30. Studying Personality Processes: Explaining Change in Between-Persons Longitudinal and Within-Person Multilevel Models, William Fleeson

31. The Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Personality Research, Daniel K. Mroczek

32. Person-Centered Structural Analyses, James W. Grice

33. Multiple Regression: Applications of the Basics and Beyond in Personality Research, Stephen G. West, Leona S. Aiken, Wei Wu, and Aaron B. Taylor

34. Moderator and Mediator Models in Personality Research: A Basic Introduction, William F. Chaplin

35. Computational Modeling of Personality as a Dynamical System, Yuichi Shoda

36. Meta-Analysis in Personality Psychology: A Primer, Brent W. Roberts, Nathan R. Kuncel, Wolfgang Viechtbauer, and Tim Bogg

37. What Kinds of Methods Do Personality Psychologists Use?: A Survey of Journal Editors and Editorial Board Members, Richard W. Robins, Jessica L. Tracy, and Jeffrey W. Sherman

About the Author

Edited by Richard W. Robins, PhD, University of California, Davis, USA, R. Chris Fraley, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana--Champaign, USA, and Robert F. Krueger, PhD, University of Minnesota, USA

Reviews

"Provides very thoughtful explorations and descriptions of three sets of topics that by and large represent a coherent system of research in personality psychology: design, measurement, and analysis...What I like about the book is that each chapter is concise and right to the point; since many different areas of design and measurement are covered, it provides an excellent reference for researchers." - PsycCRITIQUES "The fact that no model for a comprehensive personality research methods resource existed before this handbook makes the accomplishment even more impressive still...The editors and authors are to be applauded for providing a significant contribution to psychological science. The volume will find a place on the shelves and desks of many personality researchers for years to come." - Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology "Three rising stars of personality psychology have brought together a 'who's who' of the field to address an almost unbelievably comprehensive set of issues in personality research. The book covers virtually every problem or issue that arises in thinking about how to plan research, assess personality, or analyze the resulting data." - Charles S. Carver, Department of Psychology, University of Miami, USA "A superb textbook and reference for graduate and undergraduate students just entering the field and hoping to conduct their own research. The book is essential for seasoned personality researchers too, because it covers exciting new methods that didn't exist when we veterans were trained...The sophistication, scope, and engaging prose style of this volume reflect the vitality of the field itself." - Phillip R. Shaver, Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, USA