All three studies exploring attachment used different emotional
adjustment outcome measures and all reported significant associations between at least one attachment style category and their outcome measure.
Nine studies explored whether personality traits were related to emotional
adjustment outcomes using six different measures of personality.
There were 37 studies identified, which aimed to explore associations between psychosocial variables and emotional
adjustment outcome measures.
Only three studies to date have explored the relationship between attachment style and emotional
adjustment outcomes in IVF patients.
• For older children in stepfather families a good relationship between non-resident father and child is associated with
good adjustment outcome independently of the mother - child relationship (Dunn, 2004).
Similarly, children exposed to high levels of interparental conflict and violence exhibit a variety
of adjustment outcomes, with some experiencing internalizing problems, others externalizing problems, and still others exhibiting no adjustment problems at all (Grych, Jouriles, Swank, McDonald, & Norwood, 2000).
Overall, peer's acceptance may serve as a protective factor, which may reduce the impact of risk factors
on adjustment outcomes (Henricsson and Rydell, 2006).
On the basis of the emotional contagion hypothesis, we thought that effective parental coping among the COPE mothers would lead to better
adjustment outcomes for their children.
The Commonwealth will consult with each state on its water recovery and, until the final
SDL adjustment outcome is known, ensure that any further water recoveries are strategic and minimise the risk of over-recovery.
Results of hierarchical regression analyses revealed that several of the dimensions of peer relations significantly
predicted adjustment outcomes.
Personality trait measures that were not related to any emotional
adjustment outcomes included all subscales of the Karolinaska Scale of Personality (unreferenced in Csemiczky et al., 2000), Extroversion measured by the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire - Revised (Eysenck and Eysenck, 1991) and the Swedish Universities Scales of Personality (Gustavsson et al., 2000).
The Modern Adoptive Families Study was designed to explore similarities and differences in family characteristics, experiences and
adjustment outcomes in different types of adoptive families.
Papers included in this review were those reporting empirical research (cross sectional or longitudinal in design) exploring associations between a psychosocial variable and emotional adjustment, or the predictive effect of, at least one psychosocial variable on an emotional
adjustment outcome measure.
The Modern Adoptive Families study was designed to explore similarities and differences in family characteristics, experiences and
adjustment outcomes in different types of adoptive families.
It was hypothesized that associations between popularity and
adjustment outcomes are stronger for adolescents who prioritize popularity.
This study examined the moderating effects of prioritizing popularity on the associations between popularity and
adjustment outcomes in late adolescence.
Five studies explored whether situation appraisals were related to distress, hypothesizing that the way in which patients appraise their infertility and its treatment (i.e. as uncontrollable, manageable, threatening or damaging) would be related to emotional
adjustment outcomes.
A total of 89 significant associations between psychosocial variables and psychological
adjustment outcome were reported.
Nine studies explored whether coping strategies were related to emotional
adjustment outcomes.
One - third of the psychosocial factors explored were found to be significantly related to emotional
adjustment outcome measures.
All published peer - reviewed studies exploring associations between psychosocial factors and emotional
adjustment outcomes were considered for inclusion.
These factors will be discussed below according to their risk or protective relationship to emotional
adjustment outcomes.