A STUDY OF HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS ATTITUDE TOWARDS ADJUSTMENT

The concept of attitude and adjustment was originally a biological one and was concerned with adaptation to physical environment for survival. Objectives: To find out the significance difference of attitude and adjustment in higher secondary students in terms of the variables. Population: The investigator adopted the survey method in the present study selecting the higher secondary students of Vellore District. 300 samples were collected from Government, Aided and private schools. Attitude Scale by N. S. Chauhan and Saroj Aurora, Meerut and Adjustment scale by A. K. P. Sinha and R. P. Singh. The Reliability for attitude Inventory is 0.79. & Adjustment scale was 0.64. Major Findings: The higher secondary students did not significantly differ in their adjustment and attitude towards gender, locality of school, type of management, religion and parental occupation