"social deficiencies" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to a lack or inadequacy in social skills or behavior. Example: "The child's constant tantrums and difficulty making friends were clear signs of social deficiencies that needed to be addressed by his parents and teachers."
Mr. Raffarin, however, said that government agencies and the health services were not at fault and suggested that the deaths were a result of broader social deficiencies.
A woman of enormous grace and warmth, she makes up for my social deficiencies.
Creating effective early childhood programs for children from low-income families that attack the root of their cognitive and social deficiencies is undoubtedly a good idea.
While many delays are related to social care deficiencies, Hulme is unimpressed whenever the hospital is to blame.
Social skill deficiencies are the hallmark of autism, and yet many school districts still question whether social development should even be considered an educational objective.
"At the current volume of social media deficiencies discovered during examinations, creating new rules and issuing new guidance will be warranted and required in the future," Cox said.
Adults with ADHD are at risk for social skill deficiencies due to difficulties in affect recognition [ 27] and anger expression [ 28].
It has been suggested that bully-victims may have a social skills deficiency that leads to engagement in highly emotional reactive aggression in response to real or perceived threats.
Re "What a Texas Record Can't Tell" (Op-Ed, April 28): Paul Burka is trying to get across the point that Gov. George W. Bush should not and cannot be blamed for most of the social problems and deficiencies that Texas has because that conservative state has long-held restraints on what its governors can accomplish politically.
It has also been established that social and emotional deficiencies are major obstacles for children to be well-adapted in schooling and result in many behavioural problems such as disruptive behaviours, aggression, oppositional, and non-compliant behaviours (Domitrovich et al. 2007).
Some philosophers working in the Continental tradition have offered accounts of the experience of architecture or its social ramifications; a deficiency is more marked in analytic aesthetics.
