Adaptation to life

by Vaillant, George E.

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[This book] poses fundamental questions about individual differences in confronting life's stresses ... [It] discusses ... in terms of a clearly defined scheme of "adaptive mechanisms" that are rated mature, neurotic, immature, or psychotic, and illustrates, with case histories, each method of coping.-Back cover

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Adaptation to life / George E. Vaillant ; with a new preface by the author.

Summary

[This book] poses fundamental questions about individual differences in confronting life's stresses ... [It] discusses ... in terms of a clearly defined scheme of "adaptive mechanisms" that are rated mature, neurotic, immature, or psychotic, and illustrates, with case histories, each method of coping.-Back cover

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2008.

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Notes

Originally published: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1995, ©1977. 1st Harvard University Press paperback ed.

Previously published: Boston : Little, Brown, ©1977.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 audio disc ; : 4 3/4 in.

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:ocn236488418
  • Dewey Decimal:155.6 T

Table of Contents

Cast of protagonist -- Study of mental health, methods and illustrations: Introduction; Mental health; Men of the grant study; How they were studied; Health redefined, the joyful expression of sex and of anger -- Basic styles of adaptation: Adaptive ego mechanisms, a hierarchy; Sublimation; Suppression, anticipation, altruism, and humor; Neurotic defenses; Immature defenses -- Developmental consequences of adaptation: Adult life cycle, in one culture; Paths into health; Successful adjustment; Child is father to the man; Friends, wives, and children -- Conclusions: Maturing ego; What is mental health, a reprise; Summary -- Appendixes: Glossary of defenses; Interview schedule; Rating scales.

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Subjects

Adjustment (Psychology) Adjustment (Psychology) -- Longitudinal… Adultes -- Études longitudinales Adulthood Adulthood -- Longitudinal studies Ajustement (Psychologie) -- Études long… Defense mechanisms (Psychology) Defense mechanisms (Psychology) -- Long… Emotional maturity Emotional maturity -- Longitudinal stud… Longitudinal studies Maturité affective -- Études longitudin… Mécanismes de défense -- Études longitu…

Writers

Vaillant, George E.

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