regression

regression /re·gres·sion/ (re-gresh´un)

1. return to a former or earlier state.

2. subsidence of symptoms or of a disease process.

3. in biology, the tendency in successive generations toward the mean.

4. defensive retreat to an earlier, often infantile, pattern of behavior or thought.

5. a functional relationship between a random variable and the corresponding values of one or more independent variables.regres´sive

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re·gres·sion (r-grshn)

n.

1. A subsidence of the symptoms of a disease.

2. A relapse of symptoms.

3. Reversion to an earlier or less mature pattern of feeling or behavior.

4. Relapse to a less perfect or developed state.

5. The return of a population to an earlier or less complex physical type in successive generations.

6. The relationship between the mean value of a random variable and the corresponding values of one or more independent variables.

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Regression

In psychology, a return to earlier, usually childish or infantile, patterns of thought or behavior.

Mentioned in: Bereavement, Stockholm Syndrome

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regression

[rigresh′ən]

Etymology: L, regredi, to go back

1 a retreat or backward movement in conditions, signs, or symptoms.

2 a return to an earlier, more primitive form of behavior.

3 a tendency in physical development to become more typical of the population than of the parents, such as a child who attains a height closer to the average than to that of tall or short parents. regress, v.

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regression [re-gresh´un]

1. return to a former or earlier state.

2. subsidence of symptoms or of a disease process.

3. in biology, the tendency in successive generations toward the mean.

4. an unconscious defense mechanism used to resolve conflict or frustration by returning to a behavior that was effective in earlier years. Some degree of regression frequently accompanies physical illness. Patients who are mentally ill may exhibit regression to an extreme degree, reverting all the way back to infantile behavior; this is called atavistic regression. adj., adj regres´sive.

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regression

1. return to a former or earlier state.

2. subsidence of clinical signs or of a disease process.

3. in biology, the tendency in successive generations toward the mean.

4. the relationship between pairs of random variables; the mean of one variable and its location is influenced by another variable.

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regression analysis

see regression analysis.

regression coefficient

is the factor which determines the slope of a regression line; the greater the coefficient the steeper the line.

curvilinear regression

when the relationship between two variables is not linear.

linear regression

the relationship between two variables is a straight line.

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regression

Any return to an original state. See Atavistic regression, Generalized additive logistic regression, Hypnotic age regression, Least-squares regression, Linear regression, Past life regression, Psychoregression Medtalk The subsiding of disease Sx or a return to a state of health Oncology A receding of CA Psychiatry A partial, symbolic, conscious, or unconscious desire to return–regress to a state of dependency, as in an infantile pattern of reacting or thinking, which occurs in normal sleep, play, physical illness, and in various mental disorders.