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

Edition 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed Published Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1995

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 396 pages) : illustrations Contents 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 Notes Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, ©1977 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-382) Notes Print version record Subject Adjustment (Psychology) -- Longitudinal studies Defense mechanisms (Psychology) -- Longitudinal studies Emotional maturity -- Longitudinal studies Adulthood -- Longitudinal studies PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Adulthood & Aging. PSYCHOLOGY -- General. Adjustment (Psychology) Adulthood Defense mechanisms (Psychology) Emotional maturity Volwassenheid. Coping. Genre/Form Longitudinal studies Form Electronic book LC no. 95031614 ISBN 9780674072152 0674072154

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