In the first volume of this new series, Sarah E. Hampson brings together a unique collection of critical reviews of key areas of personality psychology and integrative accounts of important work by internationally recognised experts in the field. Advances in Personality Psychology includes chapters on cross-cultural evidence for the Big-Five framework for personality description, type and trait approaches to understanding childhood personality, developments in psychometrics, the relationship

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... ween hostility and cardiovascular disease, and the connections between personality and emotions. In further chapters the view that personality cannot change in adulthood is chal lenged and the importance of environmental factors is revealed by an observational study of twins. This state-of-the-art volume will provide students, teachers and researchers of contemporary personality psychology with a highly valu able resource on recent developments in this area. Sarah E. Hampson is Professor of Psychology and Health at the University of Surrey. Advances in Personality Psychology Advances in Personality Psychology is designed to bring together orig inal reviews and critical evaluations of important new developments in the expanding field of personality psychology. As the only serial publi cation in this area it will provide an invaluable resource for students, teachers and researchers alike. The first volume of this new series offers a collection of chapters based on papers All rights reserved. N o part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.