The Redemptive Self

The Redemptive Self
Author: Dan P. McAdams
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2013-02-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0199969752

In this revised and expanded edition of The Redemptive Self, McAdams shows how redemptive stories promote psychological health and civic engagement among contemporary American adults.

George W. Bush and the Redemptive Dream

George W. Bush and the Redemptive Dream
Author: Dan P. McAdams
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2010-11-30
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0199780927

George W. Bush remains a highly controversial figure, a man for whom millions of Americans have very strong feelings. Dan McAdams' book offers an astute psychological portrait of Bush, one of the first biographies to appear since he left office as well as the first to draw systematically from personality science to analyze his life. McAdams, an international leader in personality psychology and the narrative study of lives, focuses on several key events in Bush's life, such as the death of his sister at age 7, his commitment to sobriety on his 40th birthday, and his reaction to the terrorist attacks of September 11, and his decision to invade Iraq. He sheds light on Bush's life goals, the story he constructed to make sense of his life, and the psychological dynamics that account for his behavior. Although there are many popular biographies of George W. Bush, McAdams' is the first true psychological analysis based on established theories and the latest research. Short and focused, written in an engaging style, this book offers a truly penetrating look at our forty-third president.

The Stories We Live by

The Stories We Live by
Author: Dan P. McAdams
Publisher: Guilford Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1993-01-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781572301887

This book should be value for all those who are interested in enhancing their self-understanding. It should also serve as useful classroom text for undergraduates and advanced students in personality and social psychology, counselling and psychotherapy.

The Art and Science of Personality Development

The Art and Science of Personality Development
Author: Dan P. McAdams
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2015-02-23
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1462519970

Drawing on state-of-the-art personality and developmental research, this book presents a new and broadly integrative theory of how people come to be who they are over the life course. Preeminent researcher Dan P. McAdams traces the development of three distinct layers of personality--the social actor who expresses emotional and behavioral traits, the motivated agent who pursues goals and values, and the autobiographical author who constructs a personal story. Highly readable and accessible to scholars and students at all levels, the book uses rich portraits of the lives of famous people to illustrate theoretical concepts and empirical findings. See also the Handbook of Personality Development, edited by Dan P. McAdams, Rebecca L. Shiner, and Jennifer L. Tackett.

Identity and Story

Identity and Story
Author: Dan P. McAdams
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2006
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

The editors bring together an interdisciplinary and international group of creative researchers and theorists to examine the way the stories we tell create our identities. The contributors to this volume explore how, beginning in adolescence and young adulthood, narrative identities become the stories we live by.

Restoring the Shattered Self

Restoring the Shattered Self
Author: Heather Davediuk Gingrich
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2020-03-03
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0830831894

Many counselors are not adequately prepared to help those suffering from complex posttraumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD). In this updated text, Heather Davediuk Gingrich provides an essential resource for Christian counselors, ably integrating the established research on trauma therapy with insights from her own thirty years of experience and an understanding of the special concerns related to Christian counseling.

Power, Intimacy, and the Life Story

Power, Intimacy, and the Life Story
Author: Dan P. McAdams
Publisher: Guilford Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1988-01-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780898625066

Who am I? And how do I fit into the world? These are the questions individuals ask themselves to make sense of their lives. Power, Intimacy and the Life Story addresses the human quest for identity. The author reinterprets some of the classic writings in psychology as he shows how each of us constructs a life story in order to meet the identity challenge and create a sense of unity and purpose in our lives. Written for the social scientist, practicing clinician, educated layperson, and student, this compelling study describes how we construct stories that are organized by the two general life themes of power and intimacy. Using the results of questionnaires and interviews with both college students and older adults, the author illustrates an innovative way of understanding human lives in literary terms.

The Strange Case of Donald J. Trump

The Strange Case of Donald J. Trump
Author: Dan P. McAdams
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2020
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0197507441

"The Strange Case of Donald J. Trump provides a coherent and nuanced psychological portrait of the 45th president of the United States. Drawing on biographical events in Trump's life and on contemporary research and theory in personality, social, and developmental psychology, the book explores the personality traits and psychological dynamics that have shaped Trump's life, with an emphasis on the strangeness of the case - how Trump again and again defies psychological expectations regarding what it means to be a human being. The book's central thesis is that Donald Trump is the episodic man. He lives in the moment, outside of time, without an internal story to connect the discrete scenes in his life. As such, Trump perceives himself to be more like a superhero or a primal force, supernatural and timeless, rather than a flesh-and-blood human being with an inner life, a remembered past, and an imagined future. Trump's psychological status as the episodic man helps us understand both Trump's appeal (in the minds of millions) and his failings. The book's interpretation of Trump sheds new light on Trump's charisma, his deal making, his volatile temperament, his approach to personal relationships, his narcissism, and his emergence as a new kind of authoritarian leader in American history."--

Sins of the Family

Sins of the Family
Author: Beverly Hubble Tauke
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2004
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780842386975

Every family has relational habits—both positive and negative—passed down from generation to generation. Family counselor Beverly Hubble Tauke, citing real-life stories and suggesting specific “transforming practices,” shows how to put an end to a cycle of negativity and change family patterns so that you and your family can enjoy healthy relationships for generations to come. Full of surprising wit and inspiring insight, "Sins of the Family" will help families find the joy God intended for them.