At a time when many people around the world are living into their tenth decade, the longest longitudinal study of human development ever undertaken offers some welcome news for the new old age: our lives continue to evolve in our later years, and often become more fulfilling tha…
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At a time when people are living into their tenth decade, the longest longitudinal study of human development ever undertaken offers welcome news for old age: our lives evolve in our later years and often become more fulfilling. Reporting on all aspects of male life Triumphs of …
Vervolg-onderzoek op de Grant-studie uit 1939-1942, die destijds van een groep gezonde en veelbelovende studenten jarenlang onderzocht hoe zij zich verder ontwikkelden. Vaillant onderzocht 40 jaar later dezelfde groep weer, en analyseerde welke 'adaptive mechanisms' veroorzaken …
[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,…
"Between 1939 and 1942, one of America's leading universities recruited 268 of its healthiest and most promising undergraduates to participate in a revolutionary new study of the human life cycle. The originators of the program, which came to be known as the Grant Study, felt th…