ABOUT THE AUTHOR
JERRY M. BURGER is professor of psychology at Santa Clara University. He is
the author of dozens of journal articles and book chapters and the 1992
book Desire for Control: Personality, Social and Clinical Perspectives .H e
has been on the editorial board of the Journal of Personality and the
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and has served as an associate edi-
tor for the “Personality Processes and Individual Difference ”section of the
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. In his spare time he likes to
run, read, and write. You can send comments about the book to him via
e-mail at jburger@scu.edu.
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