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Adherence refers to a patient's ability and willingness to follow recommended health practices.

Adjunctive behavior refers to an excessive pattern of behavior that emerges as a by-product of an intermittent schedule of reinforcement for some other behavior.

adjusting schedule refers to a schedule in which the response requirement changes as a function of the organism’s performance while responding for the previous reinforcer.

Adjustment is the psychological processes through which people manage or cope with the demands and challenges of everyday life.

Deutsch: Anpassungsschwierigkeiten / Español: Dificultad de ajuste / Português: Dificuldade de adaptação / Français: Difficulté d'ajustement / Italian: Difficoltà di adattamento

Adjustment Difficulty in the psychology context refers to the challenges and struggles individuals face when trying to adapt to significant life changes or stressful events. These difficulties can manifest in emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses that hinder effective functioning and well-being.

Adjustment Disorder refers to a type of mental disorder which resulted from maladaptive, or unhealthy, responses to stressful or psychologically distressing life events.

Adjustment disorders are characterized by the development of emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to an identifiable stressor occurring within 3 months of the onset of the stressor.

Adler, Alfred (1870-1937) refers to an early follower of Freud who left the Freudian camp and created his own theory of personality, which emphasized the conscious mind and the individual creation of a worldview, guiding fictions, and a lifestyle in order to overcome feelings of inferiority and to seek perfection.