Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study

Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study

George E. Vaillant
$54.00
Publication Date: October 30th, 2012
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
ISBN:
9780674059825
Pages:
480

Description

At 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.

About the Author

George E. Vaillant is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School; Director of the Study of Adult Development, at Harvard University Health Services; and Director of Research in the Division of Psychiatry, at Brigham and Women's Hospital.