A Comparative study of the Adjustment of Graduate college Students

Abstract

The present study aims at comparing the adjustment of students with regard to their gender, area and stream. College students, in a transitional period from late adolescence to early adulthood, meet quite a few new and ever-complicated surroundings which they have never encountered before. They experience a wide variety of difficulties in making satisfactory adjustments to college life. Personality problems are frequently precipitated in college students by stressors met in attempted adjustments to perplexing situations. Aim: The study aims to measure the adjustment level of the college students. Methodology: It was college based study. Total 480 participants were selected for the study by using purposive sampling technique. 240 male students and 240 female students were selected. Tools used were Bell adjustment Inventory. Result: findings indicate that more students have average level of adjustment. Conclusion: The study concludes that male students have more adjustment then female students as well as students belong to rural area have more adjustment then urban areas.