Social Adjustment
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

A prospective three generational study of fathers' constructive parenting: influences from family of origin, adolescent adjustment, and offspring temperament.

30 Aug 2009 This prospective, intergenerational study considered multiple influences on 102 fathers' constructive parenting of 181 children. Fathers in the 2nd generation (G2) were recruited as boys on the basis of neighborhood risk for delinquency and assessed ... Read more...

The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in the Bergen Child Study: a conceptually and methodically motivated structural analysis.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To test Goodman's theoretical 5-factor model of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in an analysis of the Norwegian parent (P) and teacher (T) versions of the questionnaire. METHOD: The T-SDQ was analyzed for 8,999 (95.4% ... Read more...

Psychosocial functioning in the context of diagnosis: assessment and theoretical issues.

30 Aug 2009 Psychosocial functioning is an important focus of attention in the revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Researchers and clinicians are converging upon the opinion that psychometrically strong, comprehensive ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Social Adjustment'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A prospective three generational study of fathers' constructive parenting: influences from family of origin, adolescent adjustment, and offspring temperament. 30 Aug 2009
• [Role of the service of readjustment and social and professional integration] 30 Aug 2009
• The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in the Bergen Child Study: a conceptually and methodically motivated structural analysis. 30 Aug 2009
• Psychosocial functioning in the context of diagnosis: assessment and theoretical issues. 30 Aug 2009
• Reproduction and offspring status 18 years after teenage-onset anorexia nervosa--a controlled community-based study. 30 Aug 2009
• Transitions from school for young adults with intellectual disability: Parental perspectives on "life as an adjustment". 30 Aug 2009
• Now you see it, now you don't: age differences in affective reactivity to social tensions. 30 Aug 2009
• Self-perception and psychological well-being: the benefits of foreseeing a worse future. 30 Aug 2009
• Body weight and perceived social pressure to exercise at a health club. 30 Aug 2009
• Protocol for the saMS trial (supportive adjustment for multiple sclerosis): a randomized controlled trial comparing cognitive behavioral therapy to supportive listening for adjustment to multiple sclerosis. 21 Aug 2009
• A latent class analysis of maternal depressive symptoms over 12 years and offspring adjustment in adolescence. 30 Jul 2009
• Gender differences in facial expression recognition in survivors of pediatric brain tumors. 30 Jul 2009
• The religiosity/spirituality of Latina breast cancer survivors and influence on health-related quality of life. 30 Jul 2009
• Research in child psychoanalysis: twenty-five-year follow-up of a severely disturbed child. 30 Jul 2009
• Public policy and the enhancement of desired outcomes for persons with intellectual disability. 30 Jul 2009
• Autism, "recovery (to normalcy)", and the politics of hope. 30 Jul 2009
• An integrated acculturation model of immigrants' social identity. 30 Jul 2009
• Sleep duration and health-related quality of life among older adults: a population-based cohort in Spain. 30 Jul 2009
• Balance across contexts: importance of balanced need satisfaction across various life domains. 30 Jul 2009
• Non-respiratory symptoms and well-being in asthmatics from a general population sample. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Social Adjustment'

Definition: Adaptation of the person to the social environment. Adjustment may take place by adapting the self to the environment or by changing the environment. (From Campbell, Psychiatric Dictionary, 1996)

Descriptor UI: D012917

Alternative terms: Social Adjustment; Adjustment, Social; Adjustments, Social; Social Adjustments; Adjustment; Adjustments;

Tree Number: F01.145.813.621;

History Note: 69

Technical Notes: no qualif