Emotions in Personality and Psychopathology, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1979 Critical Issues in Social Justice Series

Significant developments within the past few years have made possible the publication of this rather large volume focusing on specific emotions of human experience, such as interest, joy, anger, distress, fear, shame, shyness, and guilt. The relevant events include new evidence on the relationship of emotions to cognitive processes and to personality traits and defense mechanisms. They also include discoveries relating to the biological foundations of emotions and theory regarding their significance in human evolution. Finally, there have been important findings on the role of emotions and emotion expressions in social relations, pain, grief, and psychopathology. These developments are elaborated in the pages of this volume. The contributors represent the disciplines of clinical, social, and experi­ mental psychology, psychiatry, and psychoanalysis. The contributions show important common themes that cut across disciplines, but they also reflect some differences that invite further thought and research. Above all, they add to our knowledge of human emotions and to our ability to understand and resolve human problems. The Department of Psychology of the University of Delaware has pro­ vided an excellent intellectual climate for work on a volume that ranges across several specialities and disciplines. Conversations with colleagues in the offices and hallways of Wolf Hall have provided answers to many questions. They also yielded some questions that compelled me to seek greater clarification of an issue.

Emotions in Personality and Psychopathology: An Introduction.- Emotions in Personality and Psychopathology: An Introduction.- I Moods, Traits, and Defense Mechanisms.- 1 Editor’s Introduction.- Affect and Imagination in Play and Fantasy.- 2 Editor’s Introduction.- Humor and Psychopathology.- 3 Editor’s Introduction.- Moods: Their Personal Dynamics and Significance.- 4 Editor’s Introduction.- The Meaning and Measurement of Guilt.- 5 Editor’s Introduction.- The Personal and Social Dynamics of Shyness.- 6 Editor’s Introduction.- Sensation Seeking and Risk Taking.- 7 Editor’s Introduction.- The Appetite Hypothesis of Emotions: A New Psychoanalytic Model of Motivation.- 8 Editor’s Introduction.- A Structural Theory of Ego Defenses and Emotions.- II Pain, Anxiety, Grief, and Depression.- 9 Editor’s Introduction.- Emotion, Pain, and Physical Illness.- 10 Editor’s Introduction.- A Neuropsychological Theory of Anxiety.- 11 Editor’s Introduction.- The Functions of Grief.- 12 Editor’s Introduction.- Shame in Depression and Hysteria.- 13 Editor’s Introduction.- Guilt in Obsession and Paranoia.- 14 Editor’s Introduction.- Cognitive-Affective Processes in Depression.- III Emotion Awareness, Expression, and Arousal.- 15 Editor’s Introduction.- Emotion Expressions and Personality Integration in Infancy.- 16 Editor’s Introduction.- Emotion Awareness and Antisocial Behavior.- 17 Editor’s Introduction.- Nonlinguistic Vocal Indicators of Emotion and Psychopathology.- 18 Editor’s Introduction.- Gaze Patterns of Normals and Schizophrenics Retelling Happy, Sad, and Angry Experiences.- 19 Editor’s Introduction.- The Emotional Consequences of Arousal without Reason.