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PublisherHarvard University Press

ISBN-100674004140

ISBN-139780674004146

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Book TitleAdaptation to Life

Number of Pages414 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1998

TopicGeneral

IllustratorYes

GenrePsychology

AuthorGeorge E. Vaillant

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight17.1 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN95-031614

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal155.6

Table Of ContentPreface, 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 Redefined-The Joyful Expression of Sex and of Anger PART TWO: Basic Styles of Adaptation 5. Adaptive Ego Mechanisms-A Hierarchy 6. Sublimation 7. Suppression, Anticipation, Altruism, and Humor 8. The Neurotic Defenses 9. The Immature Defenses PART THREE: Developmental Consequences of Adaptation 10. The Adult Life Cycle-In One Culture 11. Paths into Health 12. Successful Adjustment 13. The Child Is Father to the Man 14. Friends, Wives, and Children PART FOUR: Conclusions 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

SynopsisBetween 1939 and 1942, Harvard University recruited 268 of its healthiest, most promising undergraduates for a revolutionary study of the human life cycle. Vaillant, the study's director, took the measure of these men. The result was this classic, which poses fundamental questions about individual differences in confronting life's stresses., 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 that medical research was too heavily weighted in the direction of disease, and their intent was to chart the ways in which a group of promising individuals coped with their lives over the course of many years. Nearly forty years later, George E. Vaillant, director of the Study, took the measure of the Grant Study men. The result was the compelling, provocative classic, Adaptation to Life , which poses fundamental questions about the individual differences in confronting life's stresses. Why do some of us cope so well with the portion life offers us, while others, who have had similar advantages (or disadvantages), cope badly or not at all? Are there ways we can effectively alter those patterns of behavior that make us unhappy, unhealthy, and unwise? George Vaillant discusses these and other questions 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., 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 that medical research was too heavily weighted in the direction of disease, and their intent was to chart the ways in which a group of promising individuals coped with their lives over the course of many years. Nearly forty years later, George E. Vaillant, director of the Study, took the measure of the Grant Study men. The result was the compelling, provocative classic, Adaptation to Life , which poses fundamental questions about the individual differences in confronting life's stresses. Why do some of us cope so well with the portion life offers us, while others, who have had similar advantages (or disadvantages), cope badly or not at all? Are there ways we can effectively alter those patterns of behavior that make us unhappy, unhealthy, and unwise? George Vaillant discusses these and other questions 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., 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 that medical research was too heavily weighted in the direction of disease, and their intent was to chart the ways in which a group of promising individuals coped with their lives over the course of many years. Nearly forty years later, George E. Vaillant, director of the Study, took the measure of the Grant Study men. The result was the compelling, provocative classic, Adaptation to Life, which poses fundamental questions about the individual differences in confronting life's stresses. Why do some of us cope so well with the portion life offers us, while others, who have had similar advantages (or disadvantages), cope badly or not at all? Are there ways we can effectively alter those patterns of behavior that make us unhappy, unhealthy, and unwise? George Vaillant discusses these and other questions 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.

LC Classification NumberBF335.V35 1995