social adjustment

Preferred Label : social adjustment;

MeSH 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); 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).;

MeSH synonym : adjustment, social; adjustments, social; social adjustments;

MeSH Hyperonym : adjustment; Adjustments;

MeSH annotation : no qualif;

Details

Origin ID

D012917;

UMLS CUI

C0037395;

Record concept(s)
- social adjustment [MeSH concept]
See also
- Emotional Adjustment [MeSH Descriptor]
- Political Activism [MeSH Descriptor]
- adaptation, psychological [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Social Behavior [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Social adjustment (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Social function [LOINC component]
- social adjustment, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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