Psychological maladjustment refers to a condition where someone is not able to cope or function well in their daily life due to mental or emotional difficulties. It means that a person's thoughts, feelings, or behaviors are causing distress or interfere with their ability to have a happy and healthy life.
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Therefore, early father involvement has an important protective role against both later
psychological maladjustment in children where parents have separated, and against adult psychological distress in women.
For example, in the Dunedin study, Caspi and colleagues found that links between childhood maltreatment and
later psychological maladjustment were moderated by genetic factors [100].
Throughout the world, physical punishment is associated with
increased psychological maladjustment and mental health problems such as anxiety and depression, as well as drug and alcohol abuse.
Fathers are cited more than mothers in issues such
as psychological maladjustment, substance abuse, depression and behavioral problems, according to research done by Ronald Rohner, director of the Center for the Study of Parental Acceptance and Rejection in the School of Family Studies at the University of Connecticut, and his colleague Robert Veneziano.
Children of parents whom Kim classified as «tiger» had lower academic achievement and attainment — and
greater psychological maladjustment — and family alienation, than the kids of parents characterized as «supportive» or «easygoing.»
At the same time, certain types of racial socialization messages may also generate an increased susceptibility to
psychological maladjustment among African American adolescents.
TY - JOUR AU - 양영숙 AU - Kim Bong - Whan TI - Mediating Effects of Empathy and Forgiveness on the Relationship Between Marital Conflicts and
Psychological Maladjustment T2 - Korea Journal of Counseling PY - 2009 VL - 10 IS - 2 PB - Korean Counseling Association (KCA) SP - 683 - 699 SN - 1598 - 2068 AB - This study was a basic research on availability of forgiveness to solve marital conflict between couples of Korea effectively.
In a longitudinal study that followed children from fourth through sixth grades, we tested whether problems in children's peer relations
preceded psychological maladjustment and whether adjustment difficulties paved the way for poor social relationships.
Furthermore, physical punishment during childhood is associated with behavioural problems in adult life, including depression, unhappiness, anxiety, feelings of hopelessness, use of drugs and alcohol, and
general psychological maladjustment.
society, where sin is viewed as little more than
psychological maladjustment, or behavior arising out of corrupt economic structures, or as a failure of the educational system, baptism reminds us that, in spite of Gestalt and I'm OK, You're OK, what we do naturally is not the best we could do, that our inborn selfishness and pride are life - and - death matters, that Christians are made, not born.
Although exposure to high levels of marital conflict increases children's susceptibility to
psychological maladjustment, the modest magnitude of the risk and the considerable heterogeneity in children's outcomes have precipitated the development of multivariate models designed to explicate conditions that moderate the risk of marital conflict.
Cognitive and Contextual Factors Mediating the Relation Between Interparental Conflict and Adolescents»
Psychological Maladjustment.
Pubertal transitions, perception of being overweight, and adolescents»
psychological maladjustment: Gender and ethnic differences
Since neuroticism, depression and low self - esteem are associated with many psychological disorders, these findings may indicate that weak affect regulation, as characterized by high inertia, is involved in
psychological maladjustment, in general.
In other words, measures of psychological adjustment correlated positively with each other as did indicators of
psychological maladjustment, and negative relationships appeared between these two types of variables.
In the article, resiliency is defined as the ability to overcome environmental conditions to avoid negative outcomes like behavioral problems,
psychological maladjustment, and academic concerns.
«Mediating Effects of Empathy and Forgiveness on the Relationship Between Marital Conflicts and
Psychological Maladjustment» Korea Journal of Counseling 10, no. 2 (2009): 683 - 699.
2009, «Mediating Effects of Empathy and Forgiveness on the Relationship Between Marital Conflicts and
Psychological Maladjustment», Korea Journal of Counseling, vol.
Pubertal transitions, perceptions of being overweight, and adolescents»
psychological maladjustment: Gender and ethnic differences