DEPRIVATION, STRESS AND ADJUSTMENT AMONG ADOLESCENTS

The aim of the present study is to examine the Levels of Adjustment among Adolescents selected from Gulbarga. The Sample consists of 400 (200 Male and 200 Female). The sample was administered with Prolonged Deprivation Scale (PDS), Academic Stress Scale and Bells Adjustment Inventory. And the data were subjected the t-test. The results revealed that (a) there is significant difference in adjustment between high and low levels of deprivation (b)Low academic stress group has higher adjustment and (c) there is a significant sex difference in the levels of adjustment of the sample subgroups.