Clinical Approaches to Adult Development or Close Relationships and Socioeconomic Development

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Michael L. Commons, Jack Demick, Carl Goldberg

Book Code: AB1346

ISBN: 1-56750-134-6

ISBN-13: 978-1-56750-134-6

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372 pages

Ablex Publishing

Publication: 1/1/1996

List Price: $131.95 (UK Sterling Price: £75.00)

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Description: This volume is one of the first to concentrate on positive growth and development in a clinical arena, rather than loss and pathology. In contrast to the general theories and cross-sectional studies of existing adult developmental research, much of this volume looks at the whole-life level of development of adults through case studies. The book unites three compatible approaches to the study of adult development. The first considers the development of whole life. The second approach examines behavior during certain periods in adults' lives by combining clinical and developmental stage perspectives. The third approach examines "periods of life" following the work of Erikson, Levinson, and Vaillant. The editors of this volume believe that these three approaches form, in their synergy, a comprehensive and multifaceted approach to uniquely difficult problems of late adolescence and early adulthood. It is the unification of these three approches that makes this book unique in its field.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction: The Approach to Positive Adult Development
Whole Life, Case Studies
Fairy Tales and Adult Cognitive Development From Idealism to Pragmatism and Mythic Consciousness
Growth Through Opposition: The Development of a Point of View in Young Bernard Shaw
Metaphores of Struggle for Terrain in the Discovery of the Freudian Unconscious: A Case Study
The Role of the Anti-Hero in a Theory of Courage
Development Across the Lifespan
Stability, Continuity, and Change in Mens' Lives
Life Transitions as a Paradigm for the Study of Adult Development
Dimensions of Psychological Boundary Development in Adults
Comparing Psychodynamic, Cognitive Developmental, and Behavior Developmental Views of Psychological Boundaries
The University as a Developmental Intervention
Self-Initiated Change: The Dialectic of Continuing Development
Validation of a Cognitive Developmental Model of Clinical Supervision
Learning Perspectives of Older Students Enrolled Full-Time in a Regular Undergraduate Program
Adult Development During Therapy
The Role of Shame in the Impediment of Intimacy
Development Dimensions of Psychological Symptions and Treatment Preferences in Adult Outpatients
Affirmative Coping: A Marker of Success in Adult Therapeutic Intervention
A Constructive-Developmental Approach to Studying the "Cancer-Prone Personality"
Epilogue: What ARE Clinical Approaches to Adult Development?
Author Index
Subject Index


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