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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Waehler, Charles A. Bachelors. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1996 (OCoLC)605107354 Online version: Waehler, Charles A. Bachelors. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1996 (OCoLC)607782856 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Charles A Waehler |
| ISBN: | 0275956687 9780275956684 |
| OCLC Number: | 34752651 |
| Description: | x, 208 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Bachelor stereotypes -- Men, marriage, and mental health -- The bachelor personality: core elements -- Bachelor views of marriage -- Flexible bachelors: a question of priorities -- Entrenched bachelors: the pattern of rigidity -- Conflicted bachelors: the problem of ambivalence -- Bachelors four years later -- Options and choices for bachelors -- Bachelors as dates and mates -- Notes for benefitting from psychotherapy. |
| Responsibility: | Charles A. Waehler. |
Abstract:
Bachelors is the first and the only book to examine the inner workings of the bachelor mind. Waehler explores the psychology of never-married men and their choices, looking at similarities as well as differences. He looks at their conscious and unconscious psychological profiles, the experience within their families of origin, their relationships with women, their development through adulthood, and their beliefs about marriage. In the end, Waehler establishes patterns that lead to men maintaining their single status with varying degrees of satisfaction. He also provides practical advice on how to come to terms with various bachelor styles, or alternatively, how to successfully move from bachelorhood to marriage. Real life case studies are provided throughout, making this a book for the interested adult as well as researchers and other professionals.
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