Health , social and emotional problems of college students

Adjustment is one of the most important psychological activities of human being. Life is a process of adjustment. If anyone wants satisfaction in life, then one has to adjust with their environment. The present study was conducted on the students of two collegesone urban and one rural of Jammu region. The main objective of the study was to identify the adjustment problems among college going students. The three dimensions of adjustment i.e. Health, Social and Emotional were studied across two sexes i.e. Boys and Girls and in rural and urban areas. A sample of 100 students (50 Boys and 50 Girls) was selected by using stratified random sampling technique from two colleges. Adjustment Inventory for college students by A.K.P Sinha and R.P Singh (1995) was administered. To find out the significant difference of adjustment across different variables t -test was applied. The findings of the study revealed that Girls are average in the dimensions of health and social adjustment and unsatisfied in emotional areas. Boys are average in the dimensions of social adjustment and unsatisfied in health and emotional areas. There is no significant they differ significantly difference between health, social and emotional adjustment of Girls and Boys. There is a significant difference between health and emotional adjustment of urban and rural college students but they do not differ significantly in social adjustment