People of all ages have needs which they try to satisfy when they are unable to satisfy their needs, they feel frustrated. Such situations call for adjustment. In most cases the human beings are able to adjust themselves successfully. Adjustment may be defined as the process by which a living organism maintainance a balance between its needs and desires and the circumstances that influence the satisfaction of its need.
Maladjustment is one's inability to adjust oneself to external and internal barriers. It is a process of behaving in a wrong way to the conflicting situations. So instead of solving the existing problems its leads to new problems.
Frustrations are caused due to the obstacles that come in the way of satisfying the need. These obstacles are of two types namely internal and external. The internal barriers are those concerning the individuals wants, desire, conflicts. The external barriers may be either physical or social. Physical are like distance, climate etc. Social may be unemployment or lack of friends.