Adjustment,

Frustration and
Therapies.
A. Meaning of Adjustment

 Adjustment is the continous process of attempting to

overcome the inner and outer to the satisfactions of needs.
Satisfactions of our needs does not come automatically.
There is general agreement that all behavior is motivated.
These motives vary not only from individual to individual
but also within the same individual.
B. Adjustment Mechanism

3 Basic Patterns of Conflicts

 Conflicting-Attractions or Approach-Approach Conflict may
cause frustration if a person is attracted to two things but can have
only one.
 Attracting-Repulsion or Approach-Avoidance Conflicts may
cause frustration if a person cannot decide on something he likes
to do because it is closely associated with something he dislikes.
 Conflict-Avoidance or Avoidance-Conflict may cause frustration
if a person has to choose between two things which he dislikes.
C. Conflict Resolution

 Every individual goes through emotional tension or stress in

response to frustration. It is a bodily response to the
frustration, which an individual experiences during the period
between motivation and response. Conscious attempts at
adjustment are reffered to as well adjusted coping behavior.
The unconsicous attempts at adjustmentare reffered to as
defensive behavior.
D. Adjustment Disorder

 An adjustment disorder occurs when a person develops affective

(emotional) or behavioral symptoms in response to an identifiable
stressor, stressors can be natural disasters (such as an earthquake),
events or crisis (such as car accidents, or development of of a medical
disorder) or interpersonal problems (such as divorse, or abuse)
frustration and/or conflict. Frustration, which is the condition of being to
worted in the satisfaction of a movie, maybe the result of either
environmental of personal conditions, or both at the same time.
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ZAPANTA, TRICIA NICOLE
CS2A