How is adjustment related to internalizing and externalizing?
2006-12-01 10:37:11 · 2 answers · asked by shyangel40_devlish60 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Childhood adjustment problems are troublesome behaviours exhibited in response to an identifiable event in a child's life (a move, parental divorce, etc.). They are often categorized as internalizing or externalizing, based on whether the behaviour is primarily related to the internal workings of the child, or whether the behaviour is directed toward the external world. So, examples of internalizing adjustment problems might be withdrawn behaviour, depressed mood, anxiety, fearfulness, or stomach aches. Some examples of externalizing behaviour problems might be aggressiveness, fighting, or non-compliance.
2006-12-01 13:28:31 · answer #1 · answered by senlin 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no offense but I am not that learned to know what the two words you wrote mean...but, I know "childhood adjustment problems" in my case, was me going to 5 different highschools in the 9th grade, because our family lost our buisness, and we had to move that much. It was the most horrible experience I can recall, as far as "adjusting".....I came from up north, (heavy accent, like that wasn't bad enough, moving to south florida), but to go to five schools in less than one year, I was lost......just as I started to make friends, poof, we were moving....I went to school from K-9, in one place and then that happened.....I quit school when I was 16.. I was able to join the military back then because my asvab scores were high enough.....but it was still hard to adjust......I missed out on 3 1/2 years of socialization, so I was an easy target for making friends with the wrong people.....I am 46 now, and thank god that is all over......
2006-12-01 10:53:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋