Assessment of the Knowledge of Educational and Adjustment Problems among College students at selected Degree Colleges, Tirupathi, AP, India

Abstract

Adjustment is an eternal process and satisfies one’s desires involving many aspects of behaviour. Education is the process of facilitating learning or acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs and habits. Adjustment is a behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs. Objectives: To assess the adjustment problem among the college students and to find an association between the adjustment score and selected background variables among college students. Methodology: In this study 100 samples were selected by non-probability convenience sampling technique. The tool used for data collection consisted of adjustment problem for college students. Validity of the tool was appraised by experts and was found to be valid for the study with required modification. Reliability was done by using Cronbach’s alpha reliability method and was found at 0.94. The tools were found reliable. The pilot study was conducted for assessing the feasibility of the study design at selected colleges of Tirupathi, Andhra Pradesh. The collected data was analyzed by harnessing descriptive and inferential statistics.