Adjustment among college youth in relation to intelligence and socio- emotional maturity
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2018
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CCSHAU
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The present study was undertaken in Hisar district of Haryana state. Three technical and three
non- technical institutions were selected from 3 blocks which were selected purposively from Barwala ,
Adampur and Hansi block were selected as per the demand of study. A study was undertaken on a
sample of 600 respondents in the age range of 19-21 years which comprised 300 respondents of
technical institutions and 300 respondents of non- technical institutions. Socio-emotional maturity,
general intelligence, home environment, college classroom environment , college adjustment and
adjustment scale developed by Social Maturity Scale Rao, 1986, Singh and Bhargava 1991, Test of
General Intelligence by Mishra (1971), Home Environment Scale by Mishra (1983), College Classroom
Environment scale (CCES) by Winston et al., (1989) Adjustment Inventory for College youth (AICS;
Sinha and Singh, 1995) and College Adjustment Test (CAT: Pennebaker 2013) was used to assess the
socio- emotional maturity and general intelligence and impact of home environment, college
environment and socio-economic variables on adjustment. The finding revealed significant differences
in all aspects of social maturity, Significant positive correlation existed between respondent’s college
environment and adjustment. Whereas there was a non- significant correlation was observed between
respondent’s general intelligence with adjustment of respondents of technical and non- technical
institutions. The results further revealed positive and significant impact of home environment, college
environment and socio-economic variables on adjustment of respondents.
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