Triumphs of Experience The Men of the Harvard Grant Study

Name: Triumphs of Experience The Men of the Harvard Grant Study
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ISBN: 9780674059825

ISBN-10: 0674059824

ISBN-13: 9780674059825

Edition: 2012

Authors: George E. Vaillant

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At a time when many people around the world are living into their tenth decade, the longest longitudinal study of human development ever undertaken offers some welcome news for the new old age: our lives continue to evolve in our later years, and often become more fulfilling than before.Begun in 1938, the Grant Study of Adult Development charted the physical and emotional health of over 200 men, starting with their undergraduate days. The now-classic Adaptation to Life reported on the men’s lives up to age 55 and helped us understand adult maturation. Now George Vaillant follows the men into their nineties, documenting for the first time what it is like to flourish far beyond conventional…

Book details

List price: $29.50
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 10/30/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 290
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 1.804
Language: English

He is a widely respected researcher, psychiatrist & professor at the Harvard Medical School. He is also the author of several books, including The Wisdom of the Ego, The Natural History of Alcoholism & Adaption to Life. He is considered one of the world's foremost authorities on aging.



Cast of Protagonists



Maturation Makes Liars of Us All



The Proof of the Pudding: To Flourish for the Next Sixty Years



A Short History of the Grant Study



How Childhood and Adolescence Affect Old Age



Maturation



Marriage



Living to Ninety



Resilience and Unconscious Coping



Alcoholism



Surprising Findings



Summing Up


Appendixes


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index