A Descriptive Study to Assess the Adjustment Problems Faced by 1^st Year B. Sc. (N) Students

Adjustment disorder is an unexpected strong emotional or behavioural reaction that occurs in response to an identifiable stressful life change that occurred within the previous three month. Adjustment disorder can be classified as acute and chronic. Acute lasts less than six months and chronic lasts more than six months. A quantitative research approach was used. Research design adopted for this study was descriptive design. The target population for the study was 1year B. Sc. (N) students. Number of sample was 100 nursing students. The sampling technique used convenience sampling. Adjustment rating scale was prepared for assessing the adjustment problems faced by 1year nursing students. After the assessment it was revealed that Mild adjustment problems was found in 1% of the students, where as 84% had Moderate adjustment problems, 15% had severe adjustment problems. There was significant association between Adjustment Problems with their selected demographic variables such as Sex, Educational status of Father, Educational status of Mother.