Psychological adaptation

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Contents

Used for

psychological adjustment

See for

disaster survivor

Broader Terms

behavior

Narrower Terms

coping, emotional adjustment, psychological aspect of aging, psychological aspect of cancer

Related Terms

psychobiology, psychological stressor, social adjustment

Scope Note

a state of harmony between internal needs and external demands and the processes used in achieving this condition.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

  • Hagen, Institute for Theoretical Biology, Berlin What is a psychological adaptation? A psychological adaptation is a functional component of the nervous system that solves a particular reproductive problem.
  • Psychological adaptation is examined in a sample of residents who remained in the vicinity of Three Mile Island following the restart of the nuclear generating facility which had been shut down since the 1979 accident.
  • While sociocultural adaptation is interpreted from a culture learning perspective, psychological adaptation is situated within the stress and coping framework.
  • However, the relationship between spirituality and psychological adaptation is complex.
  • fromHealth Psychol -Jan 2003 -Vicki S Helgeson Design and psychometric evaluation of the Psychological Adaptation to Genetic Information Scale.
  • Symptoms of depression are important to psychological adaptation and metabolic control in children with diabetes mellitus.
  • Attachment and Psychological Adaptation in High Exposure Survivors of the September 11th Attack on the World Trade Center R.
  • Relationship between disease and psychological adaptation in children in the Childhood Asthma Management Program and their families.

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