An Approach to the Concept of Social and Emotional Adaptation: State of the Art Research Project "Level of Social and Emotional Adaptation of Women Victims of the Armed Conflict, Members of the Networks of Women Victims in Tuluá and Andalucía, according t

Abstract: Within the framework of the research project Level of social and emotional adaptation of women victims of the armed conflict, members of the networks of women victims in Tuluá and Andalucía, according to the victimizing event, the present article is proposed as a first product that contains the conceptual framework in an attempt to approach and define the concepts of social and emotional adaptation as processes in which the subject modifies his or her behavior in order to fit in with the environment in which he or she coexists. For these purposes, the concept of adaptation is initially approached from a historical perspective, and then from a psychological perspective, thereafter the concepts of social adaptation, emotional adaptation, definitions, characteristics and authors' points of view are reconsidered. To conclude, the importance of addressing the adaptive thematic in its social and emotional component, applied to research on women victims of the armed conflict members of the networks of women victims from Tuluá and Andalucía according to the victimizing event is discussed.