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psychosocial en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˌsaɪ̯.koʊ̯ˈsoʊ̯.ʃəl/ (Canada, US)
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• /ˌsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯ˈsəʊ̯.ʃəl/ (Australia, UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin socius Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sociālisbor. Middle French socialbor. English social English psychosocial From psycho- + social.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, of behaviour) Having both psychological and social aspects.
   • Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, as articulated in the second half of the 20th century by Erik Erikson in collaboration with Joan Erikson,^([1]) is a comprehensive psychoanalytic theory that identifies a series of eight stages that a healthy developing individual should pass through from infancy to late adulthood. 2023 December 30, Wikipedia contributors, “Erikson's stages of psychosocial development”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:
   • It seems to me that most of those who adhere to an organicist position in psychiatry espouse a system of values of which they are unaware. They imply that they recognize as scientific only physics (and its branches), but instead of asserting this, they say that they object to psychosocial theories only because they are false. 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, chapter 6, in The Myth of Mental Illness, →ISBN, page 102:

Deriveds

psychosocially

Relateds

biopsychosocial · psychohistorical

Translations (11)

ca psicosocial (having both psychological and social aspects) · ga síceasóisialta (having both psychological and social aspects) · pt psicossocial (having both psychological and social aspects) · cs psychosociální (having both psychological and social aspects) · fr psychosocial (having both psychological and social aspects) · es psicosocial (having both psychological and social aspects) · da psykosocial (having both psychological and social aspects) · ka ფსიქოსოციალური (having both psychological and social aspects) · sv psykosocial (having both psychological and social aspects) · id psikososial (having both psychological and social aspects) · fi psykososiaalinen (having both psychological and social aspects)