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maladaptation

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maladaptation
[mal′adəptā′shən]
Etymology: L, malus + adaptatio
faulty intrapersonal adjustment to stress or change. It may involve a failure to make necessary changes in the desires, values, needs, and attitudes or an inability to make necessary adjustments in the external world. Illness often provokes maladaptive behavior that worsens the problems accompanying the illness. maladaptive, adj.


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Outcomes (The X Factor) Outcomes to stress occur on a continuum, from maladaptation on the negative end to bonadaptation on the positive end, depending on the interaction of the event, the family's resources, and the meaning the family ascribes to the circumstances.
The ABC-X model of family stress in the book of Philippians by Wilmoth, Joe D.; Smyser, Samantha / Journal of Psychology and Theology
For example, they clearly show that certain biases and illusions are part of a healthy, nondepressed, and well-adapted mind, and that the lack of these biases, even though it leads to realism and objectivity, is associated with depression and maladaptation (e.
Depressive realism: wiser or quieter? by Blanco, Fernando; Matute, Helena; Vadillo, Miguel A. / The Psychological Record
A therapeutic paradigm that prioritizes addiction as the primary explanation for social maladaptation would be confronted with the lived experience of community residents: individuals who, like the drug addicts, are struggling to access community or governmental resources.
Drugs, courts, and the new penology by Miller, Eric J. / Stanford Law & Policy Review
 
 
 
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