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SOCIAL FUNCTIONING [2 records]

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Record 1 2014-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

A test based on the theory that an individual's ability to function is directly related to the degree and balance of satisfactions and frustrations experienced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

[...] épreuve fondée sur la théorie voulant que la capacité de fonctionnement d'une personne soit directement en fonction du degré de satisfaction et de frustration vécues et de l'équilibre entre les deux.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Organization
DEF

Ability of the individual (or group or community) to fulfill his/her role in society.

OBS

It refers to the fulfillment of various social roles; the ability of the individual to organize his/her daily life; the range of observed behaviours (actions, words, attitudes); mental processes; learned models; perceptions; and values conveyed and selected within a universe specific to each person and as part of a person's search for reciprocity with his/her environment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation sociale
DEF

Capacité de la personne (d'un groupe ou d'une collectivité) à jouer son rôle au sein de la société.

OBS

Il réfère à l'accomplissement de divers rôles sociaux, à la capacité d’un individu d'organiser sa vie quotidienne, à la gamme de comportements observés (gestes, paroles, attitudes), aux processus mentaux, aux modèles appris, aux perceptions construites, aux valeurs reçues et choisies par un individu et dans sa recherche de réciprocité avec son environnement.

Spanish

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