Question

Juan Carlos originally hoped to purchase a home. However, because he could not earn enough money to ever afford one, he decided that a home was no longer important. Instead, he found happiness through quitting his job, moving into a shack in the woods, and enjoying the solitude. Merton would classify Juan Carlos’s adaptation to strain as __________.

Answer 1

Retreatism

Step-by-step explanation:

Retreatism -

It is the concept or the methodology , which states that a person resigning the traditions of the society's idea of success and creating their own way of happiness and self satisfaction , is known as the method of Retreatism .

Same case is shown in the question , where Juan Carlos adapted the idea of Retreatism , in order to attain a happy life , by leaving his job and moving to the woods and enjoying the solitude .