Relationship of Adjustment to Ego-Strength and Anxiety on Mental Health

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to see the relationship of adjustment to ego-strength and anxiety on mental health of undergraduate students which was conducted in Darbhanga district in Bihar (India). The sample consisted of college students N = 300 (hetro-sexuality). Mohsin-Shamshad Bell Adjustment Inventory, Hassan Ego-Strength Scale, Comprehensive Test of Anxiety Scale (C.T.A.S.) and Personal Data Sheet (PDS) was designed by former research scholar was used on each of the college students were selected randomly. The age of the sample was 18-19 years. Having the collected data through the questionnaire schedule. The revealed that college students of total adjustment indicate that low score (better adjustment) have greater ego-strength and lesser anxiety as compared to their high score (lesser adjustment). The difference between the mean of ego-strength, group namely, high and low t-values = 10.13 and anxiety, group namely, high and low t-value = 7.9 have been found to be highly significant at .01 levels.