a biography dealing with the psychodynamic processes that have affected the development of the subject
See psychobiography in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(sīˌkō-bī-ŏgˈrə-fē)
nounpl.psy·cho·bi·og·ra·phies
A biography that analyzes the psychological makeup, character, or motivations of its subject: “We are given a kind of psychobiography which ultimately pictures a deeply egotistical individual, unable to tolerate anyone else's success”(Leon Botstein).