Volume 2 : Issue 3 (2015)

CONSTRUCTION AND STANDARDIZATION OF ADJUSTMENT INVENTORY FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

The present study aims at constructing and standardizing an adjustment inventory for the measurement of capacity of adaptability of Gujarati medium secondary students. During the preparation of this inventory, five factors are taken into consideration which influences more on the adaptability of students. To verify the reliability and validity of Adjustment Inventory constructed for Secondary School Students, to verify the standardization of Adjustment Inventory constructed for Secondary School Students and to establish the norms are the main objectives of this research. In this research, the effectiveness of three most influential variables i.e. caste, area and standard are studied and fixed the criterion for making these norms fixed accordingly. Hence, the students of standards – 8, 9 and 10 of the academic year 2010 – 2011 in Gujarati medium government approved schools located at North Gujarat are the population of the research. According to the variables of this research, 3000 students have been selected as a sample. The reliability index of this adjustment inventory is in between 0.49 to 0.91 hence the adjustment inventory is reliable. The validity of this adjustment inventory is between 0.51 to 0.88 that possesses high correlation; hence the adjustment inventory is significant. The norms of standard and gender are established.

adaptability, caste, Adjustment Inventory

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