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George Eman Vaillant (/ v ə ˈ l æ n t /; born June 16, 1934) is an American psychiatrist and Professor at Harvard Medical School and Director of Research for the Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Nov 21, 2023 · Vaillant's Theory. Psychiatrist George Vaillant spent most of his career researching and charting adult development. His work is based on research of over 800 men and women spanning 60...
Apr 11, 2017 · Psychiatrist George Vaillant, who joined the team as a researcher in 1966, led the study from 1972 until 2004. Trained as a psychoanalyst, Vaillant emphasized the role of relationships, and came to recognize the crucial role they played in people living long and pleasant lives.
Vaillant’s (2002; Vaillant & Mukamal, 2001) recent insights into adult development and aging provide us adult education researchers a theoretical framework to study adult learning in late adulthood.
This paper proposes that eight positive emotions: awe, love (attachment), trust (faith), compassion, gratitude, forgiveness, joy and hope constitute what we mean by spirituality. These emotions have been grossly ignored by psychiatry.
Vaillant’s recent synthesis of the findings of three longitudinal studies on aging adds new insights to our theories of adult development. These insights provide us with new sets of variables for quasi-experimental and even descriptive studies of successful aging.
Ego mechanisms of defense: a guide for clinicans and researchers. GE Vaillant. American Psychiatric Pub. , 1992. 1183. 1992. Theoretical hierarchy of adaptive ego mechanisms: A 30-year follow-up...
