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Adaptation to Life

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Adaptation to Life

by George E Vaillant, M.D.

About this title: 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.

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Binding: Trade paperback Publisher: Little Brown and Company Date Published: 1978 ISBN-13: 9780316895217 ISBN: 0316895210

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Edition: 1st Ed Publisher: Little, Brown Date Published: 1/1/1977 ISBN-13: 9780316895200 ISBN: 0316895202

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Binding: Paperback Publisher: Little Brown & Co (P) Date Published: 1978-09 ISBN-13: 9780316895217 ISBN: 0316895210

Description: Good. Tight, bright, uncreased spine, pages clear and tanning, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, cover curl, black x on bottom page edges, ships in a box, delivery confirmation on U.S. orders. read more

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Binding: Softcover ISBN-13: 9780316895217 ISBN: 0316895210

Description: Boston Little Brown And Company 1977 9th Printing ISBN-10: 0316895210. ISBN-13: 978-0316895217. Soft Cover. Has a light crease on front cover near spine that is a normal result of printer's overgluing even though when opened fully it looked like a front blank page was removed (which is wasn't), very slight bend to book, otherwise clean very good-plus condition. read more

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Binding: S Trade Paperback Publisher: Little Brown & Co, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Date Published: 1978 ISBN-13: 9780316895217 ISBN: 0316895210

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Binding: Paperback Publisher: Little Brown & Co (P) Date Published: 1978-09 ISBN-13: 9780316895217 ISBN: 0316895210

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Binding: Trade paperback Publisher: Harvard University Press Date Published: 1998 ISBN-13: 9780674004146 ISBN: 0674004140

Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 416 p. Audience: General/trade. Minor shelf and edge wear, sporadic highlighting, underlining and a few notes on margins. Cover has some scuffing and minor scratches. read more

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Binding: Trade paperback Publisher: Little Brown and Company Date Published: 1978 ISBN-13: 9780316895217 ISBN: 0316895210

Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. clea/tight/age-toned PB. unmarked text. Age-toned cover. [bx2] Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: Little Brown & Co (P) ISBN-13: 9780316895217 ISBN: 0316895210

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Jul 11, 2007
By Ben, San Antonio, TX

"In this book George Vaillant analyzes adaptation techniques (aka coping strategies aka defense mechanisms) using the lives of men in the Grant Study (the Grant Study undertook the task of profiling 250+ male college graduates in the United States from 1940 to the end of their lives; this book was written in the 1970s, when the men were in their fifties). He covers 14 adaptation techniques, from altruism and sublimation to delusional projection and denial. The really fascinating aspect of this book is the author's ability to show how one defense can evolve into another one, for better or worse. He also gives a good picture of how different defenses work within the same person simultaneously. This book is an introduction to the defenses, so you don't need to know much about psychology to get into it. Vaillant cites Anna Freud and Sigmund Freud throughout the text, but also indicates that he is influenced by the writings of Harry Stack Sullivan, Erik Erikson, and Adolf Meyer."

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