maladjustment

To be clear: I am not suggesting that intelligence across the full range of scores is generally related to maladjustment.

Studies show that child survivors of a parent’s suicide might as adults be susceptible to depression, social maladjustment and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Child victims of a parent's suicide often are susceptible to depression, social maladjustment and post-traumatic stress disorder.

“I see. And that is where those trifling maladjustments come in which you mentioned awhile ago—steel, hydroponics and so on.”

A Western observer might shrink in horror from this practice, imagining long-lasting emotional maladjustments from early trauma.