A study on the adjustment problems and academic achievement among school going adolescents

Abstract

Adjustment is an important concern during adolescence stage. It is a behavioral process for maintaining equilibrium of one's needs and obstacles offered by the environment. The rapid changes in the contemporary society contribute to adjustment problems among adolescents. Adjusting to constant changes in their internal as well as external environment becomes a major challenge. Academic Achievement is a crucial goal for many students in this competitive age. Today's adolescents face one of the immense problems-adjustment problems in various fields and lack of interest in studies along with setting goals for the future. Hence this study attempted to examine various forms of adjustment problems and its relation with academic achievement among school going adolescents. Samples were taken from four schools (CBSE Schools with Co-educational system) which consisted of 40 students(boys and girls) studying in grade XI and XII(enrolled in Arts, Science and Humanities) have been taken into consideration for collection of data. Various tools v.i.z., Bell Adjustment Inventory developed by H.M Bell and the Cumulative Academic Score were used to measure the various forms of adjustment and their academic scores. The results revealed that the female participants were significantly better in home,social,health and emotional adjustment in comparison to male participants. In relation to academic achievement, adolescent girls had reported of better academic scores in comparison to adolescent boys. The implication and future directions were discussed.