Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 5

Psychological Adjustment: A comparative study of tribal and non-tribal college students

  • Author:
  • Pankaj S. Suvera
  • Total Page Count: 14
  • Page Number: 156 to 169

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand

Online published on 2 May, 2013.

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of Types of students, Sex and Types of Faculty of the college students on Psychological Adjustment. The sample for the study comprised of 120 Tribal and 120 Non-Tribal College students from Sabarkantha District. Personal data sheet and Bell (1905) Psychological Adjustment Inventory Gujarati translate was developed by Bhatt,(1994) were used to collect the required data. 2x2x2 factorial design was planned where Types of students, Sex and Types of Faculty were considered as independent variables and Psychological Adjustment as dependent variable. Accordingly 2x2x2 ANOVA was carried out to test the hypothesis. Results revealed significant difference The Non-Tribal college students Psychological Adjustment is better than the Tribal college students. The boy college students Psychological Adjustment better then the girls college students. The Science college students Psychological Adjustment is better than the Arts college students. There is no significant mean interaction effect of the Psychological Adjustment in the types of students, Sex and Types of Faculty of the college students.