Psychobiography Books

Recommended Books on Psychobiographical Research Methods

Alexander, I. (1990). Personology: Method and content in personality assessment and psychobiography. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

Baron, S. H., & Pletsch, C. (Eds.) (1985). Introspection in biography. Hillsdale, NJ: Analytic Press.

Elms, A. C. (1994). Uncovering lives: The uneasy alliance of biography and psychology. New York: Oxford University Press.

Erikson, E. H. (1958). Young man Luther. New York: Norton.

Erikson, E. H. (1969). Gandhi’s truth. New York: Norton.

Erikson, E. H. (1975). Life history and the historical moment. New York: Norton.

McAdams, D. P., & Ochberg, R. (Eds.) (1988). Psychobiography and life narratives. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

Runyan, W. M. (1982). Life histories and psychobiography: Explorations in theory and method. New York: Oxford University Press.

Schultz, W. T. (Ed.). (2005). Handbook of psychobiography. New York: Oxford University Press.