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Offer, Daniel; Offer, Marjorie Kaiz; Ostrov, Eric - Regular Guys - 9780306485480 - V9780306485480
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Regular Guys

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Description for Regular Guys hardcover. A longitudinal study of normal men. Series: Plenum Series on Human Exceptionality. Num Pages: 156 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 426.

As a group, normal middle-aged men tend to fly well below the radar screen of public scrutiny. They are neither deviants nor superheroes. Rarely the subject of movies or newspaper headlines, regular guys aren’t fabulously wealthy, nor are their ambitions circumscribed. They contribute to society, raise their children, and respect other people. Nevertheless, these regular guys have experienced their share of adversity and emotional challenges—such a divorce, death, illness, and loss of jobs—but reflect a continuing core of emotional stability.

Regular Guys follows 67 well-adjusted mostly white males, who were initially chosen during the 1960s, to test theories of normal ... Read more

 - Attitudes and behaviors concerning work, sex, religion, and self.

 - Relationships with parents, siblings, spouses, and children.

 - Coping and resilience in response to trauma.

 - Negative health behaviors (particularly overeating and problem drinking as adults).

 - Memories of their teenage years.

The authors’ findings are likely to be of considerable interest and use to clinicians and academics alike. In addition, the results provide a baseline as to what, by contrast, reflects psychopathology. Regular Guys provides a much-needed portrait of individuals rarely studied across several decades of time.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
Series
Plenum Series on Human Exceptionality
Number of Pages
156
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306485480
SKU
V9780306485480
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About Offer, Daniel; Offer, Marjorie Kaiz; Ostrov, Eric
Daniel Offer is the author of 14 books, over 200 scientific articles, and the Offer Self Image Questionnaire, a psychological test for teenagers. Editor of the Journal of Youth and Adolescence.

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