maladaptive

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Of behavior, showing inadequate or counterproductive mental and behavioral adaptation to a new situation.

   “The learned helplessness explanation of sex differences in depression would be supported if it was shown that a greater degree of uncontrollability and a more maladaptive explanatory style in women account for any sex differences observed in depression in the sample.”

2. sıfat Of anatomy, physiology, or behavior, showing inadequate or counterproductive evolutionary adaptation to an environment or its changes.