Edition |
1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed. |
Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 396 pages) : illustrations |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Note |
Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, ©1977. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-382). |
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"" |
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""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: 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"" |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Adjustment (Psychology) -- Longitudinal studies.
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Adjustment (Psychology) |
Genre/Form |
Longitudinal studies.
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Defense mechanisms (Psychology) -- Longitudinal studies.
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Defense mechanisms (Psychology) |
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Emotional maturity -- Longitudinal studies.
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Emotional maturity. |
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Adulthood -- Longitudinal studies.
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Adulthood. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Vaillant, George E., 1934- Adaptation to life. 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1995 0674004140 (DLC) 95031614 (OCoLC)32853781 |
ISBN |
9780674072152 (electronic book) |
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0674072154 (electronic book) |
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0674004140 |
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9780674004146 |
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