They f** you up : how to survive family life / Oliver James.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Bloomsbury, 2007.Edition: Rev. and updated edDescription: xvi, 384 p. ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780747584780 (pbk.) :
- 9780747584780
- 155.924 JAM
- BF723.P4
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Positive Living | 155.924 JAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00213351 |
Previous ed.: 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-372) and index.
1. Our genes -- 2.Scripting our family drama -- 3.Scripting our conscience, aged three to six -- 4.Scripting our relationship patterns in our first three years -- 5.Scripting our sense of self in our first six months -- 6.Be your own scriptwriter -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: The dubiousness of the Minnesota twins reared-apart study -- Appendix 2: Twin studies - a warning -- Appendix 3: Estimates of the environality of human psychology from twin studies.
This text demonstrates that who we are is largely the result of the way we were cared for during our first six years, rather than our genes and other environmental factors.