Word: matulef
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...would ordinarily be able to cope, but with inflation, they can't cope now. It is just too much." Adds Cleveland Psychotherapist Jack Wiggins: "We're seeing a cumulative effect. When financial problems are added to internal problems, they tend to overwhelm people." St. Louis Psychologist Norman Matulef reports that patients are now more pessimistic, worried about their own competence and obsessed with money. "Inflation seems to connect more directly with personal dynamics," he says. "It's bad enough for those in the 'normal neurotic' range. For those with more primitive organization in their personalities...
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