Who Would You Call a Maladjusted Person?
/ˌMæl. Əˈdʒʌs. Tɪd/ a Maladjusted Person, Usually a Child, Has Been Raised in a Way That Does Not Prepare Them Well for the Demands of Life, Which Often Leads...
/ˌmæl.əˈdʒʌs.tɪd/ A maladjusted person, usually a child, has been raised in a way that does not prepare them well for the demands of life, which often leads to problems with behaviour in the future: a residential school for disturbed and maladjusted children. Mental illnesses. ad.
What is a maladjusted person?
: poorly or inadequately adjusted specifically : lacking harmony with one's environment from failure to adjust one's desires to the conditions of one's life.
What are the characteristics of a maladjusted person?
Associated characteristics
There are some characteristics that are associated with maladjustments. Nervous behavior. Habits and tics in response to nervousness (e.g. biting fingernails, fidgeting, banging of head, playing with hair, inability to stay still). Emotional overreaction and deviation.
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