International Journal of Research in Social Sciences

  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 5

Educational-Adjustment and Self-Efficacy of secondary school students in relation to their gender and type of school

  • Author:
  • Pooja Bhagat
  • Total Page Count: 12
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 469 to 480

Research Scholar, Department of Educational Studies, Central University of Jammu, (J&K)

Abstract

The present study was conducted with the purpose to see the Educational Adjustment and Self-efficacy of secondary school students in relation to their Gender and Type of School. The present study was conducted to a randomly selected sample of 200 secondary school students of 9th class studying in Government and Private schools of Samba district of Jammu Division. Adjustment inventory developed and standardised by A.K.P. Sinha and R.P. Singh and Self-efficacy scale developed and standardised by G. P. Mathur and R. K. Bhatnagarwere used to collect data. The collected was analysed with the help of inferential statistics‗t-test‘. The results of the study showed that female students of secondary schools are found educationally less adjusted than male students of secondary schools. Govt. school students are found educationally less adjusted than private school students. No significant difference is found in the self-efficacy of secondary school students in relation to their gender and type of school

Keywords

Educational adjustment, Self-efficacy, Gender, Type of school, Secondary school students