Glossary L

Glossary L

Life-history reconstruction refers to Carl Jung's type of case study which involves examining a person's past experiences to identify developmental patterns that may explain present neuroses.

Life-skills-training approach refers to a smoking prevention program characterized by the belief that training in self -esteem and coping skills will boost self-image to the point that smoking becomes unnecessary or inconsistent with lifestyle.

Life-span construct is a term in Whitbourne’s theory of identity which refers to the way in which people build a view of who they are; a united sense of the past, present, and future based on personal experience and input from other people

Life-Span Development is defined as the study of the continuities, stabilities, and changes in psychological and physical processes that characterize human functioning, from conception through the final phases of life.

Life-span perspective refers to the view that human development is multiply determined and cannot be understood within the scope of a single framework. Life-span perspective, moreover is the view of the human life span that divides it into two (2) phases: childhood/adolescence and young/middle/late adulthood.

Life-threatening behavior refer to actions that put one's life at risk, whether or not they actually end it;. Life-threatening behavior is more general phrase than "suicidal behavior"

Lifelong erectile disorder refers to a sexual dysfunction in which the man has never had an erection sufficient to have intercourse.

Lifelong orgasmic disorder refers to a sexual dysfunction in which the woman has never in her life had an orgasm.