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Psychosocial denotes the mental and the social factors in a person’s life, for instance, relationships, education, age, and employment that pertain to a person’s life history (Pugh, 2002).
Psychosocial adjustment is the psychosocial accommodation of a person to a life-altering event or transition (Anderson, Keith, & Novak, 2002).
In psychology, this adjustment is defined as “…the relative degree of harmony between an individual’s needs and the requirements of the environment” (Anderson, Novak, & Keith, 2002, p. 32).
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The term “psychosocial” is a standard term that historically has been associated with the profession of social work (Turner, 2009). This term refers to the core focus of the...
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Stubley, T., McCroy, C. (2014). Psychosocial Adjustment (Includes Psychosocial Functioning and Well-Being). In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_2316
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