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Experiment V
AIM: To determine the major problem areas of the subject’s adjustment using the Adjustment Inventory
for School Students (AISS)
BASIC CONCEPT:
1) Concept of adjustment (cbse.nic.in)
a. Freud’s concept described mental health in terms of expressing oneself in love and work. A well
adjusted person finds fulfillment on both aspe
b. Erik Erikson’s concept: considered adjustment as the life long process which was the basis of mental
health being mastery of crises at successive life stages.
c. Maslow's concept: evaluated a well adjusted person whose goal is of self actualization.
3) Stress, definition, sources (from text book)
4) Promoting positive health and well-being (from text book)
Methodology:
. PRELIMINARIES–
b. Name of Subject
c. Age
d. Sex
e. General condition of subject
f. Date
g. Place of test conduction
. MATERIALS REQUIRED
a. AISS Manual
b. AISS answer sheet
c. Manual
d. Watch
e. Pencil
f. Eraser
. Description of test
a. Name – Adjustment Inventory for School Students
b. Author – AKP Sinha and RP Sinha
c. Edition – 1951
The inventory was designed in Hindi for use with Hindi-knowing students of India. The inventory seeks to
segregate well-adjusted secondary students (ages 14-18) from poorly adjusted ones in the areas of
Emotional, Social, and Educational adjustment.

A list of 100 questions indicating the significant problems of school students in the three areas was
prepared. The questions are to be answered with a yes, or a no.
Psychometric Properties.
1. Reliability
b. The coefficient of reliability was found by using the
i. Split half method
ii. Test retest method
The coefficient of the test and subtest ranged between 0.90 and 0.96
2. Validity
a. The validity coefficients were determined for each item
3. Standardisation
a. Percentile norms were computed for both males and females in all 3 areas of adjustments separately
and for the entire inventory. The subject can be classified into 5 categories with raw scores attained by
them on the inventory.
b. Categories are –
i. Excellent
ii. Good
iii. Average
iv. Unsatisfactory
v. Very unsatisfactory
4. The meanings of these scores are as follows –
a. Emotional Adjustment – High scores indicate unstable emotions. Students with a low score tend to be
more emotionally stable.
b. Social Adjustment – Individuals scoring very high are submissive and retiring. Low scored indicate an
aggressive personality.
c. Educational Adjustment – Individuals scoring high are poorly adjusted with their curriculum and cocurricular
programs. People with low scores are interested in school programs.
. Process of Test Administration
a. RAPPORT FORMATION AND INSTRUCTION – Copy from answer sheet.
b. Precautions
i. Aim of test must not be revealed
ii. Room should be quiet and well-lit
iii. Confidentiality of test results must be maintained
iv. The statements must all be answered and none should be left out
c. CONDUCTION
i. The subject was brought to the laboratory and a rapport was formed.
ii. Subject was made to feel comfortable.
iii. The subject was asked to answer a set of questions, giving the first natural response.
iv. At the end, the subject’s introspective report was recorded.

d. Introspective report:
e. Behavioural Observation:
. DATA – attached on facing page
. SCORING
i. The scoring can be done by hand
ii. For every answer that indicates adjustment, a score of zero was given.
iii. For every answer that does not indicate adjustment, a score of one is given.
iv. The scores are added to get the raw scores.
v. The total score indicates the subject’s general adjustment
vi. The scores are interpreted using adjustment categories as implied in the manual.
. RESULTS table – Make table on the facing page DIMENSION SCORE INTERPRETATION
INTERPRETATION – Definition of Adjustment, Describe each area and give score, its interpretation
and examples from the answer sheet, give overall score and explain level of adjustment.
CONCLUSION:
a. Using AISS, the subject was found to have ------adjustment levels.
REFERENCES:
a. NCERT Psychology for Class XII, AISS Manual