This book on the positive aspects of aging comes with a pretty high pedigree. It's author served as director for an extensive 50-year-plus study run by Harvard University, which followed 824 individuals from their teenage years into old age. These candidates were from three different groups: disenfranchised inner city males, Harvard professors, ...
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.
This text, first published in 1983, examines the questions of whether alcoholism is a symptom or a disease, whether it is progressive, whether alcoholics differ from others before the onset of their alcoholism, and whether alcoholics can safely drink. Based on an evaluation of more than 600 individuals followed for over 40 years, Vaillant's ...
Dr. Vaillant brings a powerful voice to the ongoing debate about the nature of faith and its impact on history and society. Eye-opening and authoritative, "Spiritual Evolution" brings to light the intimate connection between the foundations of faith and the findings of science.
Something horrible happens, and our minds play tricks on us, tell us that it never happened, that it occurred differently, or isn't quite what it seems. Such trickery, the psychiatrist George Vaillant tells us, is actually healthy. What's more, it can reveal the mind at its most creative and mature, soothing and protecting us in the face of ...
Even in this age of working mothers, the role of fathering is often overlooked. This book illuminates the realities of fathering by presenting the results of an empirical study conducted over four decades and covering four generations of fathers and children. Through case studies and data analysis, Snarey demonstrates that men's care for their ...
Not since Anna FreudÂs 1937 book, The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense, has any one volume explored this topic as fully as Ego Mechanisms of Defense by George E. Vaillant. By summarizing the latest empirical studies, proposing a universal language of defense mechanisms, and demonstrating how various assessment methods can be used in diagnosis, ...
Published here with the participation of contributing graduates, independent of Harvard University, these essays offer a fascinating perspective on life trajectories, changing mores, evolving priorities, and issues of race, class, and gender.
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