Aspects Of Social Adjustment Research Articles

Penyesuaian Sosial Remaja Madya Akibat Perceraian Orang Tua di Banyuwangi

This research was conducted to determine the social adjustment of middle-aged teenagers who were victims of divorce in Banyuwangi using the case study method. Semi-structured interviews and observations were data collecting methods carried out with three participants who were the victim of divorce and four significant others. In the discussion, the researcher using thematic analysis technique by dividing several main themes and will divide several main themes 1.) the description of the effects of divorce, 2.) Aspects of social adjustment, and 3.) Social adjustment factors. This study revealed that the three participants whose families had divorced had almost the same social adjustment process, however, differed in dynamics and several aspects. Meanwhile, the influencing factors is environmental factor, especially the community environment to undergo social adjustments in their environment.

Adjustment of Teenagers Who are Broken Home in LKSA (Child Social Welfare Institution) Payat Ibrahim District Lima Puluh Kota

This study aims to determine the personal adjustment of teenagers who are broken home at LKSA Payat Ibrahim Regency of Lima Puluh Kota and to determine the social adjustment of teenagers who are broken home at LKSA Payat Ibrahim Regency of Lima Puluh Kota.). The type of research that the author uses is a descriptive qualitative research type. The results of the study show that 1) Personal adjustment in adolescents with broken homes in LKSA Payat Ibrahim, Lima Puluh Kota Regency, it was found that adolescents who came from broken home families had aspects of personal adjustment, the ability to accept themselves and aspects of realizing their strengths and weaknesses. 2) Social adjustment of broken home adolescents at LKSA Payat Ibrahim, Lima Puluh Kota Regency, it was found that (MA and CK) only had aspects of social adjustment regarding the ability to adjust to peers, foster mothers, and the community. Meanwhile (MR) has aspects of social adjustment regarding compliance with existing rules, values , and norms and the ability to adapt to peers, foster mothers, and society.

PENYESUAIAN SOSIAL PENYANDANG DISABILITAS TUBUH DI BALAI BESAR REHABILITASI SOSIAL BINA DAKSA (BBRSBD) PROF. DR. SOEHARSO KOTA SURAKARTA, JAWATENGAH

Final Scientific Writing is based on research about Social Adjustment of Disabled People at Social Rehabilitation House ofBinaDaksa (BBRSBD) of Prof. Dr. Soeharso Surakarta. The objectives of the research are to obtain the description about: the characteristics of respondents and 5 aspects of social adjustment namely: recognition, participation, social approval, altruism, and conformity. The method used in this research was descriptive research method with quantitative approach;it aimed to describe the Social Adjustment of Disabilities People at Social Rehabilitation House of BinaDaksa (BBRSBD) of Prof. Dr. Soeharso Surakarta. Data collection techniques used werequestionnaires, observations, and documentation studies. The research was conducted on 34 respondents determined by census. The results showed that the characteristics of respondents consisted of 10 women and 24 men among the ages of 17-25 years. The result of research also showed that 5 aspects of social adjustment, namely recognition aspect 94,12% are in high category so that it needs to be maintained, participation aspect 52,94% is in medium category so that it needs to be improved, social approval aspect 50.00% is in high category and 50.00% is in the moderate category so it needs to be improved, altruism aspect 73.53% is in high category so it needs to be maintained, conformity aspect 85,30% is in high category so it needs to be maintained. Based on the results of research, the participation and social approval aspects are in the moderate category, so they need to be improved by taking into account the problems faced and the source system that can be utilized, the writer offers problem solving in the form of "Participation Enhancement Program and Social Approval for Disabled People through Self-help Group (selfhelp group) at Social Rehabilitation House of BinaDaksa (BBRSBD) of Prof. Dr. Soeharso Surakarta. ". This program aims to improve the realization of better social adjustment for people with disabilities.

Mokken analysis of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales in acute inpatient and community samples.

The structure and scoring of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) has been open to debate. Most studies have relied on factor analytic approaches to investigate HoNOS structure. Our aim is to investigate HoNOS using methods from item response theory. Completed HoNOS forms from patients receiving mental health treatment in the community and also inpatients were subjected to Mokken analysis, which is a non-parametric form of item response theory. Confirmatory factor analysis was then used to investigate these scales. Two scales with the same items were found in both samples; however, the inpatient sample scored higher on both scales. The first scale contained three items (10, 11, 12) from the social scale, and the other was related to depression (2, 7, 8). Confirmatory factor analysis showed that a two scale structure had better fit statistics than other suggested structures. HoNOS might best be conceived as two scales measuring aspects of social adjustment and depression.

12‐month follow‐up of first‐episode psychosis in Finland and Spain—differential significance of social adjustment‐related variables

Objective: This study explored 12‐month outcome and its associations to social adjustment‐related variables in patients with first‐episode non‐affective psychosis in Finland and Spain.Methods: Forty‐nine Finnish and 37 Spanish patients were evaluated at admission on various characteristics of social adjustment. Outcome was measured for 68 (79%) patients by the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, Global Assessment Scale, and Grip on Life.Results: One‐fourth of the patients experienced psychotic symptoms at follow‐up. Sixty per-cent of the patients showed good global functioning and Grip on Life. In both patient groups, poor earlier global functioning, weak social network, poor Grip on Life, and psychological dependence on family of origin were associated with poor outcome. In the Finnish group, few social contacts, lack of social recreational activities, and lack of stability in couple relations were related to poor outcome. In the Spanish group, low parental criticism was associated with poor outcome.Conclusion: Our findings support the notion that the level of earlier social adjustment is important in recovery from first‐episode psychosis. However, different aspects of social adjustment, i.e., peer relations in the Finnish group and family relations in the Spanish group, appear to have prognostic importance in these two social environments.

Study on the social adaptation of Chinese children with down syndrome.

PurposeTo evaluate social adjustment and related factors among Chinese children with Down syndrome (DS).Patients and MethodsA structured interview and Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) were conducted with a group of 36 DS children with a mean age of 106.28 months, a group of 30 normally-developing children matched for mental age (MA) and a group of 40 normally-developing children matched for chronological age (CA). Mean scores of social adjustment were compared between the three groups, and partial correlations and stepwise multiple regression models were used to further explore related factors.ResultsThere was no difference between the DS group and the MA group in terms of communication skills. However, the DS group scored much better than the MA group in self-dependence, locomotion, work skills, socialization and self-management. Children in the CA group achieved significantly higher scores in all aspects of social adjustment than the DS children. Partial correlations indicate a relationship between social adjustment and the PPVT raw score and also between social adjustment and age (significant r ranging between 0.24 and 0.92). A stepwise linear regression analysis showed that family structure was the main predictor of social adjustment. Newborn history was also a predictor of work skills, communication, socialization and self-management. Parental education was found to account for 8% of self-dependence. Maternal education explained 6% of the variation in locomotion.ConclusionAlthough limited by the small sample size, these results indicate that Chinese DS children have better social adjustment skills when compared to their mental-age-matched normally-developing peers, but that the Chinese DS children showed aspects of adaptive development that differed from Western DS children. Analyses of factors related to social adjustment suggest that effective early intervention may improve social adaptability.

School‐related social adjustment of Chinese primary school students with specific learning difficulties: A perspective from Hong Kong

Studies in several countries have indicated that students with specific learning difficulties (SpLD) tend to exhibit problems in social adjustment in addition to their difficulties in academic learning. It is often recommended that students with SpLD undergo social skills training as well as receive intensive remedial teaching. This study investigated the extent to which school‐related social adjustment problems were evident in a sample of Chinese students of primary school age who had been identified by an educational psychologist as having a specific learning difficulty. Data were collected by questionnaire from 34 students with SpLD (individually interviewed; oral administration), 167 students without learning problems (group administration; written form), and the 34 teachers of the students with SpLD. Results indicated that although the SpLD students rated themselves lower than the students without learning difficulties on several aspects of social adjustment there was no evidence to suggest that they had major problems in this area. The teachers rated the SpLD students lower than the students rated themselves on most aspects of social adjustment, but the ratings given by the teachers suggested that they too did not perceive the students as having major inadequacies in social adjustment. The findings are discussed, with particular reference to the methodological problems associated with the use of self‐reporting as a technique to obtain data in research involving primary school‐age students.

Impact social sur de jeunes adultes du traitement standardisé de fentes labiomaxillopalatines unilatérales complètes traitées dans l’enfance

France has a population of about 60 million peoples and each ten years data about the standard of living are collected by the central bureau of statistics, we considered the collection of data on 5000 households in 1999 in our geographical area would afford a unique opportunity to compare the equivalent status of French adults with repaired cleft of the lip and palate (CLP). Aspects of social adjustment were investigated in a sample of 82 French adults 18–35 years old with repaired complete unilateral cleft of the lip and palate (CLP). All subjects received a standardized regimen of care from the Burgundy cleft palate team of Dijon. The investigation, based on response to a questionnaire, partly replicated a national survey of social and economic life in the population (Standard of living survey Burgundy, INSEE France 1999), so that adults with complete clefts could be compared with a large control sample of the same age. The control group was constituted by subjects between 18 and 35 years in the standard of living survey Burgundy 1999, INSEE France, they were taken from a regional probability sample of households. This report covers education, employment, and marriage. The significant difference between groups was assessed by: Student’s t-test or analysis of variance for continuous variables and χ2 test for categorical variables. The results demonstrated that there are significant differences in educational attainment and employment between adults with cleft of the lip and palate and other people. Fewer with cleft of the lip and palate marry, and when they marry they do so later in life, scholarship history showed significant delay in the cleft of the lip and palate group, independence regarding housing was lower in the cleft of the lip and palate group. If cleft of the lip and palate adults functioned within normal limits with regard to employment. However, levels of income were substantively lower than control groups. It would appear that cleft subjects experience some limitation in their ability to secure vocational and economic rewards from society. As a conclusion we can say regarding our results that the cleft of the lip and palate group, even with the smallest degree of malformation (unilateral without associated malformation), showed a significant delay in the independence process.

Coping styles and locus of control as predictors for psychological adjustment of adolescents with a chronic illness

This study examines the way coping styles and locus of control contribute to the prediction of psychosocial adjustment in adolescents with a chronic illness. Psychosocial adjustment of 84 adolescents aged 13–16 years with a chronic illness was assessed with measures of social adjustment, global self-esteem and behavior problems. Linear regressions were performed with demographic factors (age and gender) and stress-processing factors (coping style and locus of control) as predictor variables. Results indicated that coping styles were related to most aspects of social adjustment. The coping styles ‘seeking social support’ and ‘confrontation’ were important predictors for positive social adjustment; the coping style ‘depression’ was a predictor for poor adjustment, viz. low social self-esteem and high social anxiety. Avoidance and locus of control were not strongly associated with psychosocial adjustment . Clinical implications of these findings were discussed in terms of preventive interventions for adolescents with a chronic illness.

The benefits of social support for mentally ill offenders: prison-to-community transitions.

This paper provides results of a longitudinal study of 27 mentally ill prison inmates who were released from Ohio state prisons in 1994-1996. The object of this paper is to test the hypothesis that subjects who receive better social support will experience more positive social adjustment, higher quality of life, and lower recidivism. Subjects, identified by prison staff, were interviewed and given independent psychological evaluations shortly before their release. They were then interviewed repeatedly during the first year after their release from prison about many aspects of social adjustment. Social support, provided both in and after release from prison, was associated with higher quality of life after release from prison. Social support provided in either context, however, was not significantly related to criminal recidivism or psychiatric hospitalization after release from prison.

Academic achievement and social adaptation among international students: A comparison groups study of the peer-pairing program

This study investigates the possible relationship of academic achievement, drop-out rates, and aspects of social adjustment among international students who have participated in a peer-pairing program compared to matched samples who did not. The study was conducted over a four-year period in two countries in order to increase level of confidence in the findings. The results reveal that overall achievement rates are higher and drop-out rates lower for those who participated in this matching program of first-year students with host national students.

Post release adjustment of day and inpatients.

A comparison was made of the post-release adjustment of patients who were treated in the day hospital and those by the inpatient service. The patients diagnosed as schizophrenics, psychopaths and neurotics, living with their families, who were able to work prior to hospitalization were chosen for samples. In addition, the patients of the two samples were matched with regard to age, the number of hospitalizations and the length of the last one. The day hospital sample consisted of 85 patients and the inpatient sample of 92. Four aspects of social adjustment during the 18 months after discharge were particularly stressed: rehospitalization, working ability, interpersonal relations and role functioning in the family. No significant difference between day and full-time patients with regard to these aspects of post-release adjustment were revealed.

Psychological Aspects of Cosmetic Surgery

The present study aimed to provide a psychosocial profile of 169 patients seeking cosmetic surgery, and to evaluate longitudinally the effects of the surgery on psychosocial functioning. The results were compared with a control group of 53 patients who had presented for functional hand surgery for Dupuytren's contracture. Pre-operatively all patients were interviewed by the surgeon and they completed the following questionnaires: Middlesex Hospital, Life Events, Social Adjustment, Locus of Control and Self-Esteem. Prior to surgery, significant differences were found on psychometric assessment between the cosmetic surgery and the functional hand surgery groups. Patients differed significantly on such parameters as aspects of social adjustment, number of life events and anxiety (free and phobic scales of the MHQ). There were also some differences evident between patients presenting for different types of cosmetic surgery. Three months following surgery psychometric assessment was repeated. There were change...