successful adaptation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsuccessfulandadaptation
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successful
adjective
uk/səkˈses.fəl/us/səkˈses.fəl/
achieving the results wanted or ...
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adaptation
noun
uk/ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/
the process of changing to suit ...
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The stress system has evolved to promotesuccessfuladaptationacross the life span, but disruptions in its functioning may increase the risk of pathological outcomes.
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Psychological resilience, positive emotions, andsuccessfuladaptationto stress in later life.
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At each point in this examination, we will consider the possibility of gender differences insuccessfuladaptationand resilience.
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Successfuladaptationfor maltreated children likely depends upon the selection of emotional cues that provide the best predictive power of others' behavior.
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Successfuladaptationand learning in this case require that individuals use emotions to mobilize their attentional resources to the features of the stimulus or event.
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These questions hold importance because they may cast light upon how interactions with the environment may predispose the organism towardssuccessfuladaptationor psychopathology.
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Thus, this very early maltreatment signifies extreme risk for latersuccessfuladaptation.
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Finally, because low-reactive children appear to be low on approach and inhibition processes, self-regulation may be less critical forsuccessfuladaptationamong these children.
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Successfuladaptationto the substantial extra free time is a major challenge of retirement.
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After the system has found a set of retrieved cases and per formedsuccessfuladaptationon one of them, it automatically returns the adapted case.
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The results were discussed in terms of current theoretical perspectives on what is required insuccessfuladaptationto conjugal bereavement.
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Over the course of development, these processes interact seamlessly and rapidly, affordingsuccessfuladaptation.
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This study showed that thesuccessfuladaptationof current utility elicitation methods was possible for acquiring negative utilities for fates perceived as worse than death.
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Resilience refers to a state ofsuccessfuladaptation, whereas resiliency implies the existence of a personality trait.
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If these requirements are not met, it remains difficult systematically to link individual behaviour and context, and to derive hypotheses onsuccessfuladaptationover the life course.
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Now people stay in their original homes much longer due tosuccessfuladaptationand higher living standards, arriving in this accommodation needing care as much as support.
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It may be concluded that the models discussed here contribute in important ways to an understanding of the mechanisms ofsuccessfuladaptationover the life course.
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The school risk index was also used as an indicator of maladjustment, given the school context's importance as an arena forsuccessfuladaptationduring this developmental period.
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Reliance on 'immature' coping mechanisms (such as avoidance or escapism) and a less mature understanding of emotional experiences may preventsuccessfuladaptationto the losses and declines of old age.
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