Maladjustment Causes & Symptoms , Detection Of Maladjustment

If one fails to make these ‘variations and changes’, the ‘needs’ will not be satisfied, the ‘demands’ will not be meet; thus he/she will not be able to ‘establish a harmonious relationship with the environment’. Thus, maladjustment is disharmony with one’s environment.

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2. 3.1- Maladjustment Causes & Symptoms , Detection Of Maladjustment EDU 907 : ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY –INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES UNIT III: ADJUSTMENT & MENTAL HEALTH

3. According to psychological dictionary, Adjustment is “the variations and changes in behaviour that are necessary to satisfy needs and meet demands, so that one can establish a harmonious relationship with the environment.” If one fails to make these ‘variations and changes’, the ‘needs’ will not be satisfied, the ‘demands’ will not be meet; thus he/she will not be able to ‘establish a harmonious relationship with the environment’. Thus, maladjustment is disharmony with one’s environment.

4.   Maladjustment A  failure   to  meet  the demands of society, such as  coping  with problems and social relationships Faulty or inadequate adjustment Inability to adjust to the demands of interpersonal relationships and the stresses of daily living. Inability to react successfully and satisfactorily to the demands of one’s  environment

5. THE MALADJUSTED PERSON People who cannot overcome their troubles and cannot compromise with them. Mental illness, emotional instability, mental disorders, emotional disorders, psychological disorders-all these terms denote one and the same thing. He may be swayed this may or that by wind or weather but he always returns to an even keel.

6. THE ADJUSTED PERSON Most normal people have to face frustrations; conflicts and such situations as may cause concern, anxiety and nervousness at times. They are able to overcome their troubles and adjust themselves to such situations. A normal person may be emotionally hyperactive at times and he may be so depressed that he can hardly live with himself. A well-adjusted person maintains a favorable orientation towards reality "His life is like ship riding the waves.

7. CAUSES OF MALADJUSTMENT

8. Physique and appearance    The physique and appearance play an important role in the social development of the child. Comments by others affected the behavior of ugly, weak, handicapped children. Poverty     Parents of the children from low socio-economic strata are not in a position to satisfy the essential needs of their children. Emotional shock   Children who experience emotional shock such as death, accident, riots, flood etc. may manifest maladjustment in their behavior. CAUSES :

9. Parental attitudes   Both over protection and rejection adversely affect adjustment. The over protected child becomes extremely dependent on others. He becomes egocentric, demanding and self-opinionated. Over protection of the child may lead to lack of responsibility, lack of socialization, aggressiveness and selfishness. The child who is denied due love and care by parents, develop a feeling of unwantedness, rejection and persecution. Then he will engage in socialized diligences like gang activities, stealing and truancy. CAUSES

10. Social factors   Lack of co-ordination between a person ’ s motives of other members of the society, and between personal values social values leads to maladjustment. Lack of employment opportunity makes the adolescent restless, anxious and sometimes rebellious against society out of frustration Broken home   Children from broken home are found open more maladjusted and emotionally disturbed than children from stable homes; because they do not get the affection, love, sympathy and security . CAUSES

11. School factors Maladjusted teacher Inadequate curriculum Lack of co- curricular activities Defective examination system Attitude of teacher  

12. SYMPTOMS OF MALADJUSTMENT

13. Physical symptoms   Stuttering, stammering, scratching head, facial twitching, biting nails, rocking feet, restlessness, drumming with fingers. Behavioural symptoms Aggression, lying, bullying, stealing, truancy, wandering, poor school achievement, frequent absence, hyperactivity, withdrawal tendencies, negativism, and sex disturbances. Emotional symptoms   Excessive worry, fear, inferiority, hatred, extreme timidity, tempers tantrum, persistent anxiety, conflicts and tension. SYMPTOMS

14. MALADJUSTED CHILD ARE ... Carelessness, Cheating, Cruelty, Destroying material, Disobedience, Domineering, Dreams, Fearfulness, Heterosexuality, Imaginative lying, Impertinence, Inquisitiveness, Obscene notes, Restlessness, Shyness, Smoking, Stealing, Stubbornness, Suggestible sullenness, Suspiciousness, Temper , Thoughtlessness, Truancy, Unhappiness, Unreliability, Unsocial withdrawing, Untruthfulness, Whispering.

15. DETECTION OF MALADJUSTMENT

16. Maladjustment must always be taken as a red signal as it may lead child towards serious behavioral problems, mental illness and diseases. It always better to have its early detection and finds ways and means for its rectification. Observation method. Interview method. Case history method. Questionnaire and Inventory method. Sociometric technique. Projective technique.

17. ROLE OF TEACHER IN THE PROCESS OF ADJUSTMENT Balanced growth and development Satisfaction of the basic needs Awareness of strength and weakness Developing tension tolerance Harmony with the demands of Society and Culture Providing healthy Environment Provision of Guidance and Counseling

18. The Bell Adjustment Inventory The Moony Checklist Taylor Anxiety Scale The Roger ‘s Test Of Personality Adjustment Haggery - Olson Wickman Behaviour Rating Shedule

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