maladaptive
Adjective
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Adjective
maladaptive
- (psychology, chiefly of behaviour) Showing inadequate or faulty adaptation to a new situation.
- 1989, Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Sex Differences in Unipolar Depression: Evidence and Theory, Jill M. Hooley, John M. Neale, Gerald C. Davison (editors), Readings in Abnormal Psychology, page 234 ↗,
- The learned helplessness explanation of sex differences in depression would be supported if it was shown that a greater degree of uncontrollability and a more maladaptive explanatory style in women account for any sex differences observed in depression in the sample.
- 2013, Len Sperry, Behavioral Health: Integrating Individual and Family Interventions in the Treatment of Medical Conditions, page 21 ↗,
- An individual's functioning can be conceptualized on a continuum, with one end being more adaptive and healthy and the other end being more maladaptive and less healthy.
- 2013, Edith M. Freeman, Substance Abuse Intervention, Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Systems Change Strategies, page 44 ↗,
- Some programmatic responses to power issues are more maladaptive for particular clients, such as women, because they affect their role expectations.
- 1989, Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Sex Differences in Unipolar Depression: Evidence and Theory, Jill M. Hooley, John M. Neale, Gerald C. Davison (editors), Readings in Abnormal Psychology, page 234 ↗,
- (showing inadquate adaptation) adaptive
- German: maladaptiv, ungeschickt, unangepasst, fehlangepasst, schlecht angepasst
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