PERSONALITY AND ADJUSTMENT OF STUDENTS
2013, Humanities and Social Science Studies
Abstract
The present study attempts to know the role of personality in adjustment among students. Personality is a very broad topic, to which people have taken diverse theoretical approaches. Personality is easy to observe but hard to pin down. Adjustment can be defined as a person's interaction with his environment. The current study has been designed to find out the impact of personality on adjustment, interaction of personality and gender on adjustment and the relationship between personality and adjustment. A sample of 500 students has been taken from various government schools of Haridwar and Dehradun (Uttrakhand). The impact of gender and personality on adjustment among students were examined by two-way analysis of variance. Coefficient of correlation (r) was worked out to establish relationship between personality and adjustment. Finding suggests gender has significant impact on adjustment. It implies that male and female differ significantly regarding their adjustment. Personality dimension also shows its significant impact on adjustment. It implies that introvert and extrovert students differ significantly regarding their adjustment. It is clear that both gender and personality (introversion-extroversion) have their significant main impact on adjustment of students, but their interaction failed to exhibit any significant impact. There exists a negative relationship between introversion and adjustment of students. The same has been found true for males as well as females. It is clear that extrovert male students are better adjusted. In female group, coefficient of correlation between personality and total adjustment is negative and significant. Among five dimensions of adjustment the correlation with personality is significant for home, health, social and emotional aspects, but the relationship of school adjustment with personality is not found significant. All the relationships obtained are negative, indicating female extrovert are better adjusted.
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