The examination of personality and individual differences is a major field of research in the modern discipline of psychology. Concerned with the ways humans develop an organised set of characteristics to shape themselves and the world around them, it is a study of how people come to be 'different' and 'similar' to others, on both an individual and a cultural level. This volume focuses on the multiple origins of personality and individual differences, in chapters arranged across three thematic sections: Part 1: Biological Origins of Personality and Individual Differences Part 2: Developmental Origins of Personality and Individual Differences Part 3: Environmental Origins of Personality and Individual Differences With outstanding contributions from leading scholars across the world, this is an invaluable resource for researchers and graduate students.

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Part 04: Biological Origins of Personality and Individual Differences
Chapter 29: Hormonal Influences on Personality and Individual Differences - Jennifer Guinn Sellers & Thanh Thanh L. Nguyen
Chapter 30: Molecular Genetic Studies of Human Temperament - Kostas A. Papageorgiou & Vijeinika Vipulananthan
Chapter 31: Digit Ratio and Personality and Individual Differences - John T. Manning & Bernhard Fink
Chapter 32: Morningness-Eveningness and Sociosexuality from a Life-History Perspective - James Marvel-Coen, Coltan Scrivner, & Dario Maestripieri
Chapter 33: Toward the Molecular Basis of Personality - Turhan Canli
Part 05: Developmental Origins of Personality and Individual Differences
Chapter 34: Individual Differences in Personal Narrative: Coherence, Autobiographical Reasoning, and Meaning Making - Theodore E. A. Waters & Christin Köber
Chapter 35: Developmental Profiles of Individuals with Psychopathic Traits: The Good, the Bad, and the Snake - Marie-Hélène Cigna, Jean-Pierre Guay, & Nathalie M. G. Fontaine
Chapter 36: Generational Changes in Self-Esteem and Narcissism - Eunike Wetzel, M. Brent Donnellan, Richard W. Robins, & Kali H. Trzesniewski
Chapter 37: The Role of the Family in Personality Development - Ugo Pace & Alessia Passanisi
Chapter 38: The Role of Peers in Personality Development - Julia Zimmermann & Anne K. Reitz
Chapter 39: Personality Development in Adolescence and Young Adulthood - Theo A. Klimstra, Jeroen Borghuis, & Wiebke Bleidorn
Chapter 40: The Development of Evolutionarily Adaptive Individual Differences: Children as Active Participants in Their Current and Future Survival - P. Douglas Sellers, II, Karin Machluf, & David F. Bjorklund
Chapter 41: Cross-Situational Consistency, Variability, and the Behavioral Signature - Marc A. Fournier & D. S. Moskowitz
Chapter 42: Transactions of Personality and the Social Environment During Development - Odilia M. Laceulle & Marcel A. G. van Aken
Chapter 43: Personality Development in Adulthood - Marcus Mund, Julia Zimmermann, & Franz J. Neyer
Chapter 44: Moral Character: Current Insights and Future Directions - Erik G. Helzer, R. Michael Furr, & Eranda Jayawickreme
Part 06: Environmental Origins of Personality and Individual Differences
Chapter 45: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Personality and Individual Differences - Jüri Allik & Anu Realo
Chapter 46: Threat of Infectious Disease - Iris M. Wang, Nicholas M. Michalak, & Joshua M. Ackerman
Chapter 47: Sex Ration Influences on Personality and Individual Differences - Daniel J. Kruger
Chapter 48: Individualism and Collectivism - Takeshi Hamamura, Karim Bettache, & Yi Xu
Chapter 49: Exploring Potential Causes of Individual Differences in the Expression of Neonatal Imitation - Siobhan Kennedy-Costantini & Mark Nielsen
Chapter 50: Individual Differences and Romantic Relationships: Bidirectional Influences on Self and Relational Processes - Brent A. Mattingly, Kevin P. McIntyre, & Dylan Faulkner Selterman
Chapter 51: The Gender Similarities Hypothesis - Jennifer L. Petersen
Chapter 52: Positive Personality Change Following Adversity - Eranda Jayawickreme & Corinne E. Zachry
Chapter 53: Self-Sacrifice for a Cause: A Review and an Integrative Model - Jocelyn J. Bélanger, Birga M. Schumpe, Bhavna Menon, Joanna Conda Ng, & Noemie Nociti