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'The Episodic Superhero and the Purpose of Winning'—Psychobiographer Dan McAdams on the Life and Personality of Donald Trump

Authors :
Claude-Hélène Mayer
Source :
Europe's Journal of Psychology, Europe's Journal of Psychology, Vol 17, Iss 3, Pp 253-256 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
PsychOpen, 2021.

Abstract

Dan P. McAdams is one of the well-known United States (US) contemporary psychobiographers and personality psychologists. Professor in psychology at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and author of the recently published book, The Strange Case of Donald J. Trump: A Psychological Reckoning. McAdams has previously published psychological accounts of the lives of extraordinary political figures such as Barack Obama and George W. Bush. He specializes in life story research.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
18410413
Volume :
17
Issue :
3
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Europe's Journal of Psychology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....79b6baa135040f2431d01c0578ac3e6e