This is the balance between what people want to do and what society lets them do. Our genetic make up and the environment are two key factors to how well we adapt or survive. Adjustment refers to our mastery over our environment and peace with ourselves. An inability to cope 2. Too much stress in one's environment 3. or a vulnerability.
Stress is one's reaction to different situations.
Coping refers to our ability to control ourselves in difficult situations. Vulnerability refers to how likely we will respond the wrong way to a certain situation. Genetics will play a key role here. Groups that are at higher risk are children, teens, elderly, disabled, and minorities. This is a multiaxial classification system of mental problems.