Triumphs of Experience : : The Men of the Harvard Grant Study / / George E. Vaillant.
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 19...
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Vaillant, George E., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Triumphs of Experience : The Men of the Harvard Grant Study / George E. Vaillant. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2012] ©2012 1 online resource (480 p.) : 5 figures text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Cast of protagonists (decathlon score) -- 1 Maturation makes liars of us all -- 2 The proof of the pudding -- 3 A short history of the grant study -- 4 How childhood and adolescence affect old age -- 5 Maturation -- 6 Marriage -- 7 Living to ninety -- 8 Resilience and unconscious coping -- 9 Alcoholism -- 10 Surprising findings -- 11 Summing up -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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 retirement. Reporting on all aspects of male life, including relationships, politics and religion, coping strategies, and alcohol use (its abuse being by far the greatest disruptor of health and happiness for the study's subjects), Triumphs of Experience shares a number of surprising findings. For example, the people who do well in old age did not necessarily do so well in midlife, and vice versa. While the study confirms that recovery from a lousy childhood is possible, memories of a happy childhood are a lifelong source of strength. Marriages bring much more contentment after age 70, and physical aging after 80 is determined less by heredity than by habits formed prior to age 50. The credit for growing old with grace and vitality, it seems, goes more to ourselves than to our stellar genetic makeup. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Aging Social aspects United States Longitudinal studies. Aging United States Psychological aspects Longitudinal studies. Men United States Longitudinal studies. PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2012 9783110288995 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PACKAGE MEDICINE 2012 9783110293807 ZDB-23-DME Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PAKET MEDIZIN 2012 9783110293791 ZDB-23-DMD Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) 9783110756067 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442205 print 9780674059825 https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674067424 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674067424 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674067424.jpg |
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