Psychosocial adjustment (or adjustment for short) is a normal psychological reaction to change whereby people adapt new situations by changing their behaviours, views or attitudes in order to return to a state of optimal function. Adjustment is relatively easy, when we adapt to changes we have chosen (e.g. moving house or getting married) and we are motivated to make the change. However, when things happen that we don’t want (e.g. illness, bereavement, redundancy), then it is more difficult to adapt. Adjustment to chronic conditions, or long-term conditions (LTCs), can be viewed from two perspectives, the state or level of adjustment and the process of adjustment.
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