Personal disorganization
                     Personal 
disorganization
Introduction
Personal disorganization represents the behaviour 
of the individual which deviates from the social 
norms. It results in social disapproval which may 
express itself in a wide variety of degrees. 
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Social reality
The individual may also react in different ways. 
Social reality presents an endless confusion of 
social disapproval from time to time. It may be mild 
or violent. Accordingly, individuals respond either 
positively or negatively to social disapproval. 
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Most visible 
aspect
The most visible aspect of personal disorganization 
in complex societies is that in which there is mild 
social disapproval to which the individual responds 
positively. This kind of personal disorganization 
does not deeply disturb the social order.
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Violent Social 
Disapproval 
The second aspect of social disorganization is that 
in which there is violent social disapproval and yet 
the individual responds positively. In the third 
aspect in which the individual’s response to social 
disapproval is subjective the person retreats into an 
individually defined inner world.
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STAGES OF PERSONAL 
DISORGANIZATION
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First Stage
In the first stage there is a problem and the 
individual attempts to find a solution. But if the 
individual fails to find a solution, he loses his 
stability.
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Second Stage
In the second stage of personal disorganization, 
some persons may reach the third stage without 
even passing through the second stage. Therefore, 
the third stage becomes important.
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Third Stage
In the third stage the individual loses his stability, 
he may have a nervous breakdown. If there is no 
satisfactory solution the individual enters upon 
more or less permanently unadjusted. For example, 
the criminal or the prostitutes who have lost all 
sense of social values. 
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Biological factors
This include difficulties arising out of functional 
disorder, for example, physical illness, injury, 
mental deficiencies or personal inadequacies which 
may occasion reorganization in an individual’s life.
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Environment factors
This includes situations like economic distress, 
confusion, contradiction and conflict in social relations 
in the family, in the economic world, in religious 
institutions or in recreational activities, which may 
bring disorganization in the individual's life.
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