A Comparative Study of Adjustment Problems of High and Low Achiever Students in High Schools Of Bhawanipatna (Odisha)

Background: Adjustment develops the ability to work efficiently in the person, maintains a balance between him and the environment and develops his personality in all directions. Achievement is the actual ability achieved by a person using his powers.

Aims: The present study has been done for the purpose of examining and establishing an adjustment problem related to home, health, emotional, social and school adjustment of high and low achievement students.

Methods: A sample of 200 subjects were selected from the population for observation and analysis from five high schools of Bhawanipatna (Odisha) and two groups achieving high and low achievement were selected from them. The entire sample belonged to the age group of 13-15 years. The descriptive survey method has been adopted to carry out the study. High School Adjustment Inventory prepared by A.K. Singh and A. Sengupta was used to collect the data and applied on selected 200 students. High and low achievers have been selected on the basis of their high school board examination result by random sampling method.

Statistical Analysis Used: Data were analyzed using Graph Pad Quick Calcs: t test calculator. The data were statistically analyzed by independent t-test to test the hypotheses.

Results: The obtain t-values and the calculated t values of the entire hypotheses are greater than critical values which is considered to be extremely statistically significant at 0.05 level of confidence at df = 198, so the means are significantly different. Analyze the data and the results point to the importance of adjustment problems related to home, health, emotional, social, school etc. The problem of low achievers requires immediate solutions and society needs a well-adjusted and mentally healthy citizens.

Keywords: High School Students; Adjustment Problems of Achievers.

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