Psychology Faculty Publications
Beyond Psychobiography and Content Analysis: Toward an Alternative Methodology for Studying Political Leaders
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
4-1988
Disciplines
Leadership Studies | Other Political Science | Other Psychology | Personality and Social Contexts
Abstract
The abstract of the paper is unavailable; however, here's the abstract of a follow-up article partially based on the paper:
The purpose of this article is to narrow the conceptual and methodological gap between existing formulations in psychodiagnostic theory and current practice in political personality. It is suggested that accurate assessment of the personalities of high-level leaders can significantly improve the prediction of political outcomes but that this endeavor has been hampered by inadequate transposition from the source disciplines of personality theory and psychodiagnostics to the target discipline of contemporary political psychology. It is proposed that Theodore Millon’s personological model offers a viable integrative framework for the study of political personality. The present article explicates Millon’s model, specifies the relevance of this formulation to political psychology, and indicates how it may inform theoretical analysis and research in political psychology by accommodating a diverse range of approaches to the psychological examination of political leaders.
Immelman, A. (1993). The assessment of political personality: A psychodiagnostically relevant conceptualization and methodology. Political Psychology, 14(4), 725–741. https://doi.org/10.2307/3791383 (Full text archived at https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/psychology_pubs/4)
Recommended Citation
Immelman, A. (1988, April). Beyond psychobiography and content analysis: Toward an alternative methodology for studying political leaders [Paper presentation]. Maine Psychological Association annual meeting, Colby College, Waterville, ME, United States.
Comments
Related publications subsequently published by the author
Immelman, A. (2003). Personality in political psychology. In I. B. Weiner (Series Ed.), T. Millon & M. J. Lerner (Vol. Eds.), Handbook of psychology: Vol. 5. Personality and social psychology (pp. 599–625). Wiley. Full text archived at https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/psychology_pubs/51/
Immelman, A. (2005). Political psychology and personality. In S. Strack (Ed.), Handbook of personology and psychopathology (pp. 198–225). Wiley. Full text archived at https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/psychology_pubs/49/