Albert Mehrabian
Research interests: personality and temperament theory and measurement including comprehensive temperament theory; comprehensive approach to measurement of emotions. Developed personality scales include: Emotional Empathy, Achieving Tendency, Self-Esteem, Optimism, Violence Risk, Dominance (or Internal Control), Arousal (or Sensation) Seeking, Trait Arousability (or general Emotionality),Trait Anxiety, Depression, Habitual Alcohol & Drug Use, Somatism, Panic Disorder, Affiliative Tendency (or sociability). Developed child development scales include: Comprehensive Measures of Child Language Ability (CLAM), Child Arousability, Parental Attitudes Scales. Currently engaged in extensive research on Emotional Intelligence (defined as an individual's potential for life success).
Primary Interests:
- Aggression, Conflict, Peace
- Applied Social Psychology
- Communication, Language
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Helping, Prosocial Behavior
- Motivation, Goal Setting
- Nonverbal Behavior
- Personality, Individual Differences
- Political Psychology
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Books:
- Mehrabian, A. (1991). Your inner path to investment success: Insights into the psychology of investing. Chicago: Probus.
- Mehrabian, A. (1990). The name game: The decision that lasts a lifetime. New York: Penguin.
- Mehrabian, A. (1987). Eating characteristics and temperament: General measures and interrelationships. New York: Springer.
- Mehrabian, A. (1980). Silent messages: Implicit communication of emotions and attitudes (2nd ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Journal Articles:
- Blum, J. S., & Mehrabian, A. (1999). Personality and temperament correlates of marital satisfaction. Journal of Personality, 66, 93-125.
- Mehrabian, A. (2000, May). Beyond IQ: Broad-based measurement of individual success potential or "emotional intelligence." Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs.
- Mehrabian, A. (1998). Effects of poll reports on voter preferences. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 28, 2119-2130.
- Mehrabian, A. (1997). Relations among personality scales of aggression, violence, and empathy: Validational evidence bearing on the Risk of Eruptive Violence Scale. Aggressive Behavior, 23, 433-445.
Albert Mehrabian
1130 Alta Mesa Road
Monterey, California 93940
United States of America
- Phone: (888) 363-1732
- Email: am@kaaj.com