However, we do not view the increasing maritimity of the settlements simply as adjustments to such changing circumstances.
One potential approach would be to incorporate stigma into a broader model of adjustment to cancer, such as transactional models of stress and coping [ 54, 55].
The developing character of the city emerges in a particularly colourful manner, with descriptions of adjustment to European habits such as house design, recreational activities and even changing trends in people's names.
Evidence for consistent mode effects may nevertheless permit routine adjustment to help manage such effects.
In this paper, the author proposes a perturbation test to detect the bias of unmeasured factors and a perturbation adjustment to correct for such bias.
The latter description was largely taken over in the "meaning making" model developed in the context of adjustment to stressful events such as incurable diseases [ 11, 12].
Model assumptions will be tested, and appropriate adjustment to the analysis, such as logarithmic transformation of skewed variables, will be made as necessary.
One of the most popular frameworks for understanding adjustment to life stressors, such as cancer, was described by Lazarus & Folkman in their seminal book "Stress, Appraisal, and Coping" [ 5].
These findings support the literature stating that factors such as commitment, help, support, and the open expression of feelings facilitate a child's adjustment to newly diagnosed diseases such as cancer and to biomedical treatment (1).
In their study, Reese et al suggested that relationships may influence adjustment to chronic pain conditions such as RA [ 9].
