| Adaptation to life GE Vaillant Harvard University Press, 1998 | 6629 | 1998 |
| The natural history of alcoholism GE Vaillant Harvard University press, 1983 | 2485 | 1983 |
| Aging well: Surprising guideposts to a happier life from the landmark study of adult development GE Vaillant Hachette UK, 2008 | 1671 | 2008 |
| The wisdom of the ego GE Vaillant Harvard University Press, 1998 | 1470 | 1998 |
| Pessimistic explanatory style is a risk factor for physical illness: a thirty-five-year longitudinal study. C Peterson, ME Seligman, GE Vaillant Journal of personality and social psychology 55 (1), 23, 1988 | 1387 | 1988 |
| Life event stress, social support, coping style, and risk of psychological impairment G Andrews, C Tennant, DM Hewson, GE Vaillant The Journal of nervous and mental disease 166 (5), 307-316, 1978 | 1225 | 1978 |
| Ego mechanisms of defense: a guide for clinicans and researchers GE Vaillant American Psychiatric Pub, 1992 | 1195 | 1992 |
| Theoretical hierarchy of adaptive ego mechanisms: A 30-year follow-up of 30 men selected for psychological health GE Vaillant Archives of general psychiatry 24 (2), 107-118, 1971 | 1100 | 1971 |
| Adaptive mental mechanisms: Their role in a positive psychology. GE Vaillant American psychologist 55 (1), 89, 2000 | 1047 | 2000 |
| A systematic review of the mortality of depression LR Wulsin, GE Vaillant, VE Wells Psychosomatic medicine 61 (1), 6-17, 1999 | 1045 | 1999 |
| Successful aging GE Vaillant, K Mukamal American journal of psychiatry 158 (6), 839-847, 2001 | 884 | 2001 |
| The Big Five personality traits and the life course: A 45-year longitudinal study S Soldz, GE Vaillant Journal of research in personality 33 (2), 208-232, 1999 | 868 | 1999 |
| The natural history of alcoholism revisited GE Vaillant Harvard University Press, 1995 | 853 | 1995 |
| Ego mechanisms of defense and personality psychopathology. GE Vaillant Journal of abnormal psychology 103 (1), 44, 1994 | 736 | 1994 |
| Some psychologic vulnerabilities of physicians GE Vaillant, NC Sobowale, C McArthur New England Journal of Medicine 287 (8), 372-375, 1972 | 665 | 1972 |
| An empirically validated hierarchy of defense mechanisms GE Vaillant, M Bond, CO Vaillant Archives of general psychiatry 43 (8), 786-794, 1986 | 653 | 1986 |
| Triumphs of experience: The men of the Harvard Grant Study GE Vaillant Harvard University Press, 2012 | 589 | 2012 |
| Natural history of male psychological health: V. The relation of choice of ego mechanisms of defense to adult adjustment GE Vaillant Archives of General Psychiatry 33 (5), 535-545, 1976 | 535 | 1976 |
| A 20-year follow-up of New York narcotic addicts GE Vaillant Archives of general psychiatry 29 (2), 237-241, 1973 | 486 | 1973 |
| Is the U-curve of marital satisfaction an illusion? A 40-year study of marriage CO Vaillant, GE Vaillant Journal of Marriage and the Family, 230-239, 1993 | 480 | 1993 |
