Review of the Textbook by S.K. Nartova-Bochaver "Psychology of Personality and Individual Differences"

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Abstract

The focus of this article is the recently published textbook by Sofya Nartova-Bochaver "Psychology of Personality and Individual Differences", which reveals not only the current state of differential psychology which remains a topical field of science for many decades, but also indicates the prospects for its development. Of particular importance are the identification of new aspects of this area of psychology and the consideration of those basic approaches that exist and are actively developing in it. The book contains a lot of information that will interest not only students – future psychologists studying in bachelor's and specialist's programs, but also already working specialists, graduate students, teachers, researchers. It deals with the main factors in the development of individuality, the structure of individuality and the relationship between its levels and components that are currently being actively studied in domestic and foreign psychological science. The textbook is written in an accessible language, although it talks about complex things. So, it will also attract the attention of those who, not being a professional, are interested in psychology.

General Information

Keywords: differential psychology, personality psychology, individual differences, the uniqueness of each person, resistance to manipulation, integrative qualities of individuality

Journal rubric: Book Review

Article type: review

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/cpse.2023120110

Received: 11.03.2023

Accepted:

For citation: Vachkov I.V. Review of the Textbook by S.K. Nartova-Bochaver "Psychology of Personality and Individual Differences" [Elektronnyi resurs]. Klinicheskaia i spetsial'naia psikhologiia = Clinical Psychology and Special Education, 2023. Vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 220–223. DOI: 10.17759/cpse.2023120110. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

References

  1. Nartova-Bochaver S.K. Psychology of personality and individual difference [Psikhologiya lichnosti i individual'nykh razlichii]. Saint-Petersburg: Piter, 2023. 432 p.

Information About the Authors

Igor V. Vachkov, Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Professor of the Department of General Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7784-7427, e-mail: vachkoviv@mgppu.ru

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