Triumphs of ExperienceAt a time when people are living into their tenth decade, the longest longitudinal study of human development ever undertaken offers welcome news for old age: our lives evolve in our later years and often become more fulfilling. Among the surprising findings: people who do well in old age did not necessarily do so well in midlife, and vice versa. |
Contents
1 Maturation Makes Liars of Us All | 1 |
To Flourish for the Next Sixty Years | 27 |
3 A Short History of the Grant Study | 54 |
4 How Childhood and Adolescence Affect Old Age | 108 |
5 Maturation | 144 |
6 Marriage | 190 |
7 Living to Ninety | 224 |
8 Resilience and Unconscious Coping | 261 |
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Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study George E. Vaillant No preview available - 2015 |
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