Educational Adjustment among Higher Primary and High School Students

Samia Ali Al-Muntaser, Siddalingayya Hiremath

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This study investigated the educational adjustment among government and non-government higher primary and high school students in Mysuru city (India). The data was collected from 240 voluntary participants in the age group of 12 to 16 years boys 120 (12.57%); SD=2.89 and girls 120 (14.42%); SD=2.58 who was in class VII and VIII. The School Adjustment Inventory for School Students (AISS) (Sinha & Singh 2007) was used in this study and a random sampling method was used to collect the data. The data were analyzed using an independent sample t-test. The result revealed that there was a significant difference in higher primary school students in relation to gender and between government and non-government higher primary and high school students. Also, there was a significant difference between girls and boys of government higher primary and high school students.


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