A Study on Adjustment Problems of IX Standard Students in Khowai District
Author : Ms. Suchismita Kar and Dr. C Arundhathi Bai
Abstract :
The school is the child’s first contact with the world outside the house, where the growing child is dependent on the immediate environment i.e. the house and the school to manage, handle, and meet their growth needs. It is the place where the student gets along and learns to survive in his or her mini society, depending on their adjustment. The present investigation is to examine the adjustment problems of IX standard students studying in secondary schools, Khowai district in the state of Tripura. For this investigation, descriptive survey method was employed, selecting a sample of 200 students studying class IX in Khowai district. Adjustment Inventory for School Students by Sinha and Singh (1971) was used to collect the data, and analyzed the collected data using‘t’ test. The findings revealed significant difference on the basis of locality and type of family at 0.01 level of significance, and no significant difference was found with respect to gender in their adjustment problems. The study concludes that both parents and teachers should provide opportunity to the students to express in handling their capabilities and cope up with the adjustment problems.
Keywords :
Adjustment, adjustment problem, education, students.
