Psychobiography aims to understand historically significant individuals, such as artists or political leaders, through the application of psychological theory and research. Through its merging of personality psychology and historical evidence, psychobiography may be considered a historical form of therapeutic case study: it represents a growing fi...
psychobiography A biographical study focusing on psychological factors, as childhood traumas and unconscious motives.
The use of psychological (especially personality) theory to describe and explain an individual's course through life.
a biographical study focusing on psychological factors, as childhood traumas and unconscious motives.