Personality and national character (International series of monographs in experimental psychology, v. 12)

Personality and National Character analyses the underlying factors that contribute to the national character of a people from the point of view of modern psychology. The book focuses mainly in the manifestations of the level of anxiety. Chapters discuss such topics as anxiety and psychosis; suicide and alcoholism; the relation between anxiety and sex; anxiety and economic growth; climatic effects on anxiety; and anxiety and race. Psychiatrists, sociologists, economists, psychologists, and educators will find the book invaluable. Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv PREFACE , Pages vii-viii INTRODUCTION , Pages ix-xiv CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN MENTAL ILLNESS AND CALORIE INTAKE , Pages 1-5 CHAPTER 2 - SUICIDE AND ALCOHOLISM , Pages 6-15 CHAPTER 3 - ANXIETY , Pages 16-23 CHAPTER 4 - ANXIETY AND PSYCHOSIS , Pages 24-47 CHAPTER 5 - SUICIDE, CALORIE INTAKE AND ALCOHOLISM , Pages 48-56 CHAPTER 6 - ANXIETY IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS , Pages 57-64 CHAPTER 7 - ACCIDENT-PRONENESS AND AGGRESSION , Pages 65-72 CHAPTER 8 - ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND CORONARY HEART DISEASE , Pages 73-75 CHAPTER 9 - DUODENAL ULCERS AND ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION , Pages 76-82 CHAPTER 10 - TOBACCO CONSUMPTION , Pages 83-86 CHAPTER 11 - SEX AND CELIBACY , Pages 87-91 CHAPTER 12 - ANXIETY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH , Pages 92-100 CHAPTER 13 - A FACTOR-ANALYTIC TREATMENT OF THE PROBLEM , Pages 101-105 CHAPTER 14 - FURTHER INSTANCES OF THE ANXIETY FACTOR , Pages 106-118 CHAPTER 15 - SOME DETERMINANTS OF NATIONAL ANXIETY LEVELS , Pages 119-125 CHAPTER 16 - CLIMATIC EFFECTS ON ANXIETY , Pages 126-155 CHAPTER 17 - ANXIETY AND RACE , Pages 156-178 CHAPTER 18 - A SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT , Pages 179-181 REFERENCES , Pages 182-193 INDEX , Pages 195-200 OTHER TITLES IN THE SERIES IN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY , Page 201 Tanned, worn and torn dust jacket has a previous owner's name on the front and is in a protective sleeve, some marking to page edges, owner's inscription. Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.