Böcker av Patricia Cohen

From the "New York Times" reporter whose beat is culture and ideas comes a fascinating, revelatory, and timely social history of the concept of middle age, from the late 19th century when the term "midlife" first entered the dictionary to the present.

First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This volume explores the two aspects of motivational structure - ideas and values - that underlie the development of maladaptive functioning and symptoms. The first is a measure of what children admire in their peers; and the second is the measure of life goals, representative of personal values.