{"title":"George E. Vaillant","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeorge E. Vaillant's works offer profound insights into the human journey, exploring how individuals adapt and grow through the challenges of life. His thoughtful examination of resilience, happiness, and personal development resonates deeply within the realms of \u003cem\u003eHealth \u0026amp; Wellness\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy \u0026amp; Psychology\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough titles such as \u003cstrong\u003eAdaptation to Life\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eTriumphs of Experience\u003c\/strong\u003e, readers are invited to reflect on the enduring forces that shape character and well-being. Vaillant’s writing balances scientific rigour with compassionate understanding, making his books essential for anyone curious about the inner workings of a fulfilled life.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"triumphs-of-experience-by-george-e-vaillant-9780674503816","title":"Triumphs of Experience","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBegun 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 \u003ci\u003eAdaptation to Life\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReporting 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), \u003ci\u003eTriumphs of Experience\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487726125292,"sku":"9780674503816","price":52.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/dfc089a569cdb9c5f8a6233e47d4e98c.jpg?v=1775769856"},{"product_id":"adaptation-to-life-by-george-e-vaillant-9780674004146","title":"Adaptation to Life","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBetween 1939 and 1942, one of America's leading universities recruited 268 of its healthiest and most promising undergraduates to participate in a revolutionary new study of the human life cycle. The originators of the programme, which came to be known as the Grant Study, felt that medical research was too heavily weighted in the direction of disease, and their intent was to chart the ways in which a group of promising individuals coped with their lives over the course of many years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNearly forty years later, George E. Vaillant, director of the Study, took the measure of the Grant Study men. The result was the compelling, provocative classic, \u003ci\u003eAdaptation to Life\u003c\/i\u003e, which poses fundamental questions about the individual differences in confronting life's stresses. Why do some of us cope so well with the portion life offers us, while others, who have had similar advantages (or disadvantages), cope badly or not at all? Are there ways we can effectively alter those patterns of behaviour that make us unhappy, unhealthy, and unwise?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGeorge 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595414225132,"sku":"9780674004146","price":100.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674004146-adaptation-to-life.jpg?v=1777897802"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/george-e-vaillant.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}