Adaptation to life

by Vaillant, George E.

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Title Statements

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

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1995.
Edition:1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Harvard University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Mass
Language:eng
Publication Date:1995.

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The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xvii, 396 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780674072152, 0674072154
oclc:ocn809537782
LC Classification:BF335
Dewey Decimal:155.6

Contents -- Preface, 1995 -- Cast of Protagonists -- Part One: The Study of Mental Health: Methods and Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. Mental Health -- 2. The Men of the Grant Study -- 3. How They Were Studied -- 4. Health Redifined -- The Joyful Expression of Sex and of Anger -- Part Two: Basic Styles of Adaptation -- 5. Adaptive Ego Mechanisms -- A Heirarchy -- 6. Sublimination -- 7. Suppression, Anticipation, Altruism, and Humor -- 8. The Neurotic Defenses -- 9, The Immature Defenses -- Part Three: Development Consequences of Adaptation

10. The Adult Life Cycle -- In One Culture11. Paths into Health -- 12. Successful Adjustment -- 13. The Child Is Father to the Man -- 14. Friends, Wives, and Children -- Part Four: Concluions -- 15. The Maturing Ego -- 16. What is Mental Health -- A Reprise -- 17. A Summary -- References Cited -- Appendix A: A Glossary of Defenses -- Appendix B: The Interview Schedule -- Appendix C: The Rating Scales

Subjects

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