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maladjustment (s) (noun), maladjustments (pl)
Specific mental problems involving the unsuccessful adaptation to one's social environment: The maladjustments of prisoners after they are released from prison often influence their return to a life of crime.

A maladjustment is common and it can occur at any age as a reaction to some stressful situation; such as, starting school, changing where one has been living for a long time, divorce, physical illness, or even retirement.

Maladjustments are usually temporary and they will clear up when people are removed from the stressful situations or learn to adapt to them.

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