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300 fortable about; if he suffers, all suffer alike. It is hypothesized that children belonging to transitional group are more likely to suffer from maladjustment than either collectivistic or individuated children. What increases emotional disturbances of children is the incompatible nature of the demands made on them rather than the number of demands. Among the Orientals symptoms of maladjustment are divided into overt and covert types. The former includes disobedience, aggressiveness toward authority, and peers, temper tantrum and others, while the latter includes such acts as pouting and sulking. Table 3 indicates that children in the collectivistic group are least likely to show overt symptoms. Transitional children are likely to show overt symptoms of maladjustment. Thus the hypothesis of cultural conflict and psychological maladjustment is supported. Based on the operational definition of mental health, i.e., absence of symptomatology, Mennonite children are divided into well adjusted and mal- adjusted groups. Symptoms of maladjustment are classified into overt and covert types. The overt type includes such overt acting out as juvenile de- linquency (stealing, drinking, smoking, sex offence), trouble with police, school or neighbors, temper outbursts, negative, hostile, aggressive behavior, pathological lying, etc. Covert symptoms are divided into (1) physical
International Journal of Comparative Sociology (in 2002 continued as Comparative Sociology) – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1970
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