The paper aims at exploring the effects of self-concept and social adjustment
on academic performance of adolescents. The sample consisted of 500 students
(264 boys and 236 girls) of class IX from different Government Inter Colleges
of Ballia (UP). Children's Self-Concept Scale by Ahluwalia and Adjustment
Inventory for School Students by Sinha and Singh were used in this study. Mean,
standard deviation and t-test were used for data analysis. The findings revealed
significant positive relationship of academic performance with self-concept and
social adjustment.
High order development of human resources, which is a key to all kinds of
achievements in general, and academic achievement in particular, depends upon the extent to
which its natural potentialities have been harnessed and promoted. Academic Performance,
as viewed, is an adjustive behavior. The success of a high potential pupil to realize
his/her maximum potential, depends on his/her ability to adjust to psychological
situations encountered. The magnitude of such adjustments has been a matter of great
concern for both educationists and psychologists for quite a long time. Social adjustment is
very crucial for the present day adolescents swinging between the attributes of childhood
and adulthood. They find it difficult to survive in a competitive environment around them,
and to grab the educational opportunities according to their taste and caliber.
The term `adolescence' comes from the Latin word `Adolescere', meaning `to
grow' or `to grow to maturity'. Adolescence is a period of revolutionary change where
individual's personality develops into new dimensions. It is a kind of base on which rests the
entire future life of an individual. The way these changes are taken care of, determines the
future life pattern of the individual as adjusted or maladjusted in different walks of life.
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