Adjustment Problems of Adolescent Students

Abstract

The study was conducted on 200 adolescent students -100 male and 100 female of class XI and XII, aged 16 to 19 years to assess their level of adjustment in the areas namely home, health, social, emotional and educational and to identify the "major factors responsible for adjustment problems in adolescents. Overall adjustment of male students was found to be better than female students. Social adjustment was average in both the groups. The results also revealed unsatisfactory adjustment of female adolescents in different areas under study. Emotional adjustment of both the groups was unsatisfactory. Many factors identified in the study were thought to be responsible for adjustment problems in the adolescents.