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

Retreatism

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 .

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