social adjustment

collocation in English

meaningsofsocialandadjustment

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social
adjective
uk
/ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/
us
/ˈsoʊ.ʃəl/
relating to activities in which you meet and spend time with other people and that happen during the time when you are ...
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adjustment
noun[C or U]
uk
/əˈdʒʌst.mənt/
us
/əˈdʒʌst.mənt/
a ...
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(Definition ofsocialandadjustmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A physical illness attribution and poorsocialadjustmentat assessment were also associated with poorsocialadjustmentat 6 months followup.
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The secondary outcome wassocialadjustmentof which the total score was dichotomized around the median of the sample.
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Socialadjustmentover 10 years following diagnosis with bulimia nervosa.
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Rather, poor pre-morbid work orsocialadjustmentand poor course of illness were potent risk factors for diverse forms of disability in persons with psychosis.
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Evaluation of a modified self-report measure ofsocialadjustment.
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The present study suggests that procedures that index perceptual biases in children's emotion processing may prove fruitful in assessing and predicting young children'ssocialadjustment.
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A review and reformulation of social information processing mechanisms in children'ssocialadjustment.
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In addition,socialadjustmentimproved less than, and partly independently of, depressive symptoms.
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Thus, illness representations may become more important in determining coping behaviour, and thereforesocialadjustment, as the illness progresses.
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Evaluation of a modified self report measure ofsocialadjustment.
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The interview enquires about 24 traits scored on 0-8-point scale, based on the impact of each trait onsocialadjustment.
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Parenting daily hassles, child temperament andsocialadjustmentin preschool.
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In such situations the simple administration of a drug that produces an improvedsocialadjustmentor accelerated school progress may offer considerable assistance.
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The influence of provocateur's emotion displays on the social information processing of children varying insocialadjustmentand age.
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No difference in relapse rates over follow-up was found, although patients who had experienced discontinuation showed poorersocialadjustmentin the longterm follow-up.
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Both patients and raters also made global ratings ofsocialadjustment.
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The model made no significant difference to the lack of association between pre-morbidsocialadjustmentand obstetric complications with ethnicity.
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We also examined other behavioral manifestations of problematicsocialadjustmentwith peers and adult caregivers, including immature, dependent, and socially unskilled behavior.
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The role of young children's self-perceptions in links between early family relationships andsocialadjustmentto kindergarten.
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