The Fascinating World of Psychobiography

Authors

Ronald Chenail, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Abstract

Although a relatively new approach to research, psychobiography has emerged as a fascinating, diverse, and useful approach to the interpretation of the lives and works of significant historical figures. Claude-Hélène Mayer and Zoltan Kovary in their wonderful, new, edited work, New Trends in Psychobiography, present not only an introduction to this type of research, but also share emerging and innovative ways psychobiographers are carrying out their fascinating case studies employing a variety of psychological personality theories.

Keywords

psychobiography, personality theory, qualitative research

Author Bio(s)

Ronald J. Chenail, Ph.D., is Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Family Therapy at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. He is also Co-Editor-in-Chief of The Qualitative Report. Please direct correspondence to ron@nova.edu.

Publication Date

9-7-2022

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2022.5867

Recommended APA Citation

Chenail, R. (2022). The Fascinating World of Psychobiography. The Qualitative Report, 27(9), 1865-1867. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2022.5867