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Maladaptive vs Stronghead - What's the difference?

maladaptive | stronghead |

maladaptive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (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.

    Antonyms

    * (showing inadquate adaptation) adaptive

    stronghead

    Not English

    Stronghead has no English definition. It may be misspelled.