An empirical study on the adjustment of drug addicts and alcoholics in Nagaland

Pages: 105-106
M.K. Humtose (Clinical Psychology, New Delhi)
Bharathi Kumari (Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi)

The objective of the study is to assess the adjustment of drug addict s, alcoholics and normals in Nagaland State. In order to fulfill the objectives global adjustment scale adult form was used for assessing the emotional, family, health and social adjustment. A total of 90 subjects (30 drug addicts, 30 alcoholics and 30 normals) were selected from Nagaland. Accordingly four hypotheses were formulated. The results indicated significant difference among the groups in all the four areas. The drug addicts have obtained significantly higher mean in all the four areas of adjustment.