Psychological Adjustment: A Comparative Study of Tribal and Non-Tribal College Students

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of Types of students, Gender and Types of Faculty of the college students on Psychological Adjustment. The sample for the study comprised of 300 Tribal and 300 Non-Tribal college students from South Gujarat region. Tribal and Non-Tribal college students were selected from various faculties Arts, Commerce and Science college in South Gujarat. Personal data sheet and Bell (1905) Psychological Adjustment scale which was Gujarati Translated by Bhatt (1994) was used to collect the required data. 2x2x3 factorial design was applied. The Types of Students, Gender and Types of Faculty were considered as independent variables and Psychological Adjustment as dependent variables. To examine the hypothesis 2x2x3 ANOVA statistical method was used. Results revealed significant difference between Tribal and Non-Tribal College students in Psychological Adjustment. Tribal college students found good Psychological Adjustment further than the Non-Tribal college students. Not found significant difference between Male and Female; Arts, commerce and Science faculty college students in Psychological Adjustment. The interaction effects (A x B) Types of Student and Gender found significant and other (A x C), (B x C) and (A x B x C) are not found significant.