2015International Journal of Indian PsychologyOpen access

Social Adjustment of College Students in Relation to Gender

Shruti A. Suthar

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The present investigation is to find out the difference in the social adjustment of college students with regard to their gender. The total random sample consisted 100 (50 Male and 50 Female) college students belonged from various colleges of Mehsana city. ‘Social Adjustment Inventory’ developed by R. C. Deva (1990) was administered as a tool for the study. The obtained data were analyzed by using ‘t’-Test. The result shows that there is no significant mean difference in Social Maturity and Social Adjustment of male and female college students. There is significant mean difference in Emotional Adjustment of the college students in relation to their gender.

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The present investigation is to find out the difference in the social adjustment of college students with regard to their gender. The total random sample consisted 100 (50 Male and 50 Female) college students belonged from various colleges of Mehsana city. ‘Social Adjustment Inventory’ developed by R. C. Deva (1990) was administered as a tool for the study. The obtained data were analyzed by using ‘t’-Test. The result shows that there is no significant mean difference in Social Maturity and Social Adjustment of male and female college students. There is significant mean difference in Emotional Adjustment of the college students in relation to their gender.

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The present investigation is to find out the difference in the social adjustment of college students with regard to their gender. The total random sample consisted 100 (50 Male and 50 Female) college students belonged from various colleges of Mehsana city. ‘Social Adjustment Inventory’ developed by R. C. Deva (1990) was administered as a tool for the study. The obtained data were analyzed by using ‘t’-Test. The result shows that there is no significant mean difference in Social Maturity and Social Adjustment of male and female college students. There is significant mean difference in Emotional Adjustment of the college students in relation to their gender.

Key concepts: Significant difference, Maturity (psychological), Psychology, Sample (material), Relation (database), Test (biology), Demography, Mean difference

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