Abstract:Views of adjustment have undergone transformations, from a notion of competence as an innate urge to be effective, to the postulation of learned competencies suited to the demands of particular settings. Whereas much empirical work has been done on children's competent behaviour in schools, or school adjustment, the question of its generalizability elsewhere has been left open. The present pilot study examined and compared children's adjustment requirements in the school, the peer group and the youth movement,… Show more
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