El Ajuste Psicológico como indicador de Salud Mental: Psychological Adjustment as an indicator of Mental Health

Patricia  Matos-Ramírez; Héctor Sánchez-Carlessi; Carlos Reyes-Romero

doi:10.25176/RFMH.v24i4.6973

Authors

Patricia Matos-Ramírez Universidad Ricardo Palma. Lima, Perú
Héctor Sánchez-Carlessi Universidad Ricardo Palma. Lima, Perú.
Carlos Reyes-Romero Universidad Ricardo Palma. Lima, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25176/RFMH.v24i4.6973

Keywords:

Psychological adjustment, psychosocial behavior indicators, psychological maladjustment, mental health

Abstract

Psychological adjustment is fundamentally conceptualized as the balance, interaction or dynamic and dialectical adaptation that each individual maintains with his environment, for which an intrapsychic dimension (biopsychological) and an interpsychic dimension (psychosocial) are taken into account, ruled by principles and laws of learning; this balance is seen in behavior which is psychosocial in nature. Method: Literature review study. Journals were consulted from the following databases: American Psychological Association, SCOPUS, SciELO and Google Scholar. Result: The review of documents whose common name is psychological adjustment, allows us to recognize the following associated variables such as anxiety, depression, psychological well-being, and personality.Conclusion: The term psychological adjustment refers to a profile of indicators associated with the mental health of an individual.

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