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Social and Psychological Determinants of Adaptation

The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1979
Social and psychological frameworks used to explain adaptation are examined. Findings from a study of three ethnic groups, Irish, Italian, and Polish Americans, aged forty to eighty are presented to test the effects of life stage, social surround, and personality on adaptation.
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Theory of psychological adaptive modes

Medical Hypotheses, 2016
When an individual is facing a stressor and normal stress-response mechanism cannot guarantee sufficient adaptation, special emotional states, adaptive modes, are activated (for example a depressive reaction). Adaptive modes are involuntary states of mind, they are of comprehensive nature, they interfere with normal functioning, and they cannot be ...
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The Concept of Adaptation in Modern Psychology

The Journal of Psychology, 1965
(1965). The Concept of Adaptation in Modern Psychology. The Journal of Psychology: Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 73-93.
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Psychological Reactions to Adaptive Testing

International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 2000
The purpose of the study was to examine how specific aspects of adaptive testing influence test‐takers pre‐test reactions. Specifically, three different psychological reactions were examined in the study: perceived fairness of the test, attitude toward the test, and expectations about the test.
Scott Tonidanel, Miguel A. Quiñones
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Adaptation and Psychological Disorders

2016
This chapter reviews the issues of adaptation and psychological disorders. First, the definitions of adaptation and psychological disorders are stated, and the criteria for psychological disorders are given. Depression is introduced as a common and typical example of psychological disorder.
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Social and Psychological Resources and Adaptation

Review of General Psychology, 2002
Psychology has increasingly turned to the study of psychosocial resources in the examination of well-being. How resources are being studied and resource models that have been proffered are considered, and an attempt is made to examine elements that bridge across models. As resource models span health, community, cognitive, and clinical psychology, the
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Adaptive sadomasochism and psychological growth [PDF]

Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 1993
This paper argues that some forms of sadomasochistic fantasy and enactments can represent a developmental and therapeutic advance for some patients. Playful fantasies of dominance and submission, when enacted, function to reassure the patient that the other can survive the full expression and power of his or her sexual desire. Sadomasochistic scenarios
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Psychological Adaptiveness and Sales Performance

Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, 1992
The impact of adaptive psychological traits on sales performance is not well understood. In spite of sound theoretical foundations, initial research efforts have yielded inconsistent, inconclusive and generally disappointing results. In this paper, we examine how three adaptiveness traits (self-monitoring, androgyny and intrinsic reward orientation ...
Jerry R. Goolsby, Michael L. Boorom, Rosemary R. Lagace   +2 more
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Psychological Adaptation of Nurses Post-Disaster

Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 1992
Disasters have the potential to cause major disruptions in lifeline services and family support systems. As caregivers, nurses are required to make difficult choices during national emergencies and may be at risk for experiencing psychological distress following a disaster.
Kathleen A. Waters, Jeanne Selander, Gail W. Stuart   +2 more
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Refugees: Adaptation and Psychological Interventions

2016
Refugees are a special migration group and their counseling needs tend to be different from immigrants. The chapter identifies the primary task for therapists is to focus on resolving trauma, and posttraumatic effects of relocation, and providing coping strategies, along with attending to basic needs such as housing, acquisition of language and job ...
Jianna R. Heuer, Farah A. Ibrahim
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