Contents
Introduction
I. Personality and Affectivity
What Is Personality?
How Can We Assess Maturity?
Loving Oneself to Be Able to Love
What Do We Mean by Affectivity?
The Development of Affectivity Based on the Theological Virtues
II. Inner Growth Throughout the Life Cycle
The Life Cycle
Childhood and Adolescence
Adulthood
Improving Character in Adulthood: Taking Care of Relationships
Old Age
When the End Is Nigh
III. The Christian Virtue of Chastity
Why Chastity?
The Addiction of the Twenty-First Century
Helping Others to Live Chastity
Christian Celibacy
IV. When Affectivity is Disturbed
Affective Disorders
Personality Disorders
Epilogue
A Healthy Formative Style
Bibliography