Rebecca suffers from maladaptive daydreaming.
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Maladaptive
//ˌmæləˈdæptɪv//
Synonyms for "maladaptive" (3 found)
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7 translations across 3 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- неприспособен adj (Translations)
German
4 entries- fehlangepasst adj (Translations)
- maladaptiv adj (Translations)
- schlecht angepasst adj (Translations)
- unangepasst adj (Translations)
Turkish
1 entries- maladaptif adj (Translations)
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It seemed likely that in the apparently maladaptive responses of workers to computer-based technology (what many called “resistance to change”), it would be possible to trace a lineage of ordinary assumptions that referred back to the realities of the past and their points of disjuncture with the future.
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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.
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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.
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