SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS OF ADOLESCENT ORPHANS IN THE CLASSROOM

Rajalekshmi J

No 2017-06-04, Working papers from Voice of Research

Abstract: Present study aims to explore the social adjustment problems connected with adolescent orphans in the classroom. Investigator selected Lack of Co-operation, Feeling of Insecurity and Inferiority Complex as 3 variables and based on these constructed a tool namely Adolescent Orphans Adjustment Problems Inventory. The tool was standardized and distributed among 130 adolescent orphans in 10 orphanages in 5 districts of Kerala. It includes 65 adolescent orphan boys and girls from 66 rural adolescent orphans and 64 urban adolescent orphans. After the analysis and interpretation of data the investigator comes to the conclusion that both the rural and urban adolescent orphans have social adjustment problems in the classroom. The study revealed that adolescent orphan boys have more social adjustment problems than that of girls. Key Words: Social adjustment problems, lack of co-operation, feeling of insecurity, inferiority complex, adolescence, orphans Policy

Date: 2017-06
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