Mental Process
emotional adjustment
e·mo·tion·al ad·just·ment
Subclass of:
Psychological adjustment;
Emotional Intelligence
Definitions related to emotional adjustment:
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Psychological process that occurs when an individual adapts to a significant emotional event or stimulus.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Reactions to identifiable emotional stressors; adjustment may take place by adapting the self to the situation, or by changing the situation.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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