Development of adjustment questionnaire

Pages: 1950-1955
Sweta (Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry and Allied Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand)
Jai Prakash (Department Clinical Psychology, Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry and Allied Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand)

Adjustment refers to the extent to which an individual’s personality functions effectively in the world of people. Hence, the harmonious relationship is referred between the person and the environment. Thus, the study aims at developing an adjustment questionnaire for adults. The total sample size of the study was 418 (both male & female) and was selected through purposive sampling techniques. The study was a cross sectional design. Data was collected through socio-demographic data sheet, General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12), and self prepared adjustment questionnaire for adults. The study findings give the final questionnaire for measuring adjustment of adults in six domains: occupational, technical knowhow, familial, health, social and emotional with a 30 item questionnaire. The changing world has been bring stressors to our lives daily, thus a short questionnaire with 30 items becomes a useful assessment tool to measure adjustment problems in six domains of life in just 15-20 minutes.