A study of emotional, social and educational adjustment of senior secondary students of Panchkula

Adjustment is a process by which a living organism maintains a balance between the needs and the circumstances. For living a happy and prosperous life adjustment is a pre-requisite condition. In every sphere of life, starting from birth till death we need healthy adjustment. The present study was conducted with the purpose to compare adjustment of senior secondary school students of Panchkula. The study was conducted on a sample of 200 students of 11th class studying in Government and Private Schools of Panchkula. Adjustment Inventory constructed and standardized by A. K. P. Sinha and R. P. Singh (1971) was used to collect data. The collected data was analyzed with the help of‘t’ test. The results of the present study showed that overall adjustments of girls are better than boys. Girls are found emotionally, socially, educationally more adjusted than their counterparts. Urban students are found to be more emotionally, socially, educationally adjusted than their rural counterparts.