sociopsychological
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8.1
- adjective
- /ˌsoʊsiəʊˌsaɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/
- Formal
- Counselors must address the sociopsychological factors affecting a patient's recovery and mental well-being.
Examples
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For seriously ill patients who prefer folk healing, professionals must also consider the health and sociopsychological consequences of delaying necessary modern health care.
Academic text (1995) -
Finally, more research is needed to examine the sociopsychological issues that lead to students' reported discomfort and the impact of different class scheduling practices on student discomfort.
Academic text (2014) -
Your Honor, I feel this whole thing falls under a sociopsychological, you know, kind of umbrella.
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The sociopsychological factor weighs heavily for adherence to universal conscription.
Academic text (1998) -
Effective social workers influence decisions to optimize resident preferences while getting their teammates to understand the sociopsychological implications of treatment regimens and to accept, at some point, the resident's right to noncompliance.
Academic text (2007) -
It follows that adult education would be considered a sociopsychological process, neither subject- nor student-centered, but interaction-centered (pp. 58-59).
Academic text (1990) -
In the sociopsychological dimension, Gardner (1959) conducted empirical studies demonstrating the effects of two different types of attitudes, integrative and instrumental motivation, on second-language learning.
Academic text (1996) -
Understanding both the social and personal aspects of a situation is essential in a sociopsychological analysis.
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The research focused on the sociopsychological impacts of community engagement on individual mental health.
Synonyms
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6.7
About how social life affects a person's feelings and actions
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7.1
Relating to social and emotional development and skills
Surface Forms
Morphology
sociopsychological = psychological (semi-transparent) = socio + psych + log + ical
The combination of 'socio' and 'psychological' is clear, but the specific interdisciplinary meaning may not be immediately obvious.
Etymology
Sociopsychological combines socio- meaning 'social' or 'society' and psycho- meaning 'mind', as in the familiar word psychology, so it describes how people's social life and their mind work together and affect behavior.