Adjustment of Undergraduate Students in Relation to Their Social Intelligence

Moumita Kundu¹, Birbal Saha^1, and Bhim Chandra Mondal²

¹Department of Education, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, WB

²Nikhil Banga Sikshan Mahavidyalaya, Bishnupur, Bankura, WB

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Moumita Kundu, Birbal Saha and Bhim Chandra Mondal. Adjustment of Undergraduate Students in Relation to Their Social Intelligence. American Journal of Educational Research. 2015; 3(11):1398-1401. doi: 10.12691/education-3-11-8

Abstract

The present study was focus on adjustment ability among undergraduate students in relation to gender, stream of the study and social intelligence. The sample consists of 300 undergraduate students with 150 boys and 150 girls, which were selected randomly from different colleges under the Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, W.B. Adjustment Inventory and Social Intelligence Inventory are used to collect the data from the students. The study revealed that male and female as well as science and humanities students of under graduate students did not differ significantly with regards to their adjustment ability, however, differ significantly with differently social intelligent persons.

Keywords:
social intelligence undergraduate students adjustment ANOVA t-test F-test

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