Adaptation to Life / By George E. Vallant.

With hard-and supercover

Cont.: Mental health -- The men of the grant study -- How they were studied -- Health redefined -- the joyful expression of sex and of anger -- Adaptive ego mechanisms -- a hierarchy -- Sublimation -- Suppression, anticipation, altruism, and humor -- The neurotic defenses -- The immature defenses -- The adult life cycle -- in one culture -- Paths into health -- Successful adjustment -- The child is father to the man -- Friends, wives, and children -- The maturing ego -- What is mental health -- a reprise -- A summary -- Appendix A : A glossary of defenses -- Appendix B : The interview schedule -- Appendix C : The rating scales