Vol. 8, Issue 2, Part H (2022)

Abstract
Success of an individual is largely depends upon the way which he/she interact with other individuals of the society. Social adjustment is the key for leading happy and fruitful life. Social adjustable persons lead a quality life. The ultimate aim of education is to bring about socially acceptable thinking and well desired response to the society. The present study was aimed to find the social adjustment of tribal girls of aspirational districts of Odisha in relation to their socio-economic status. The objectives of the study were a. To study the social adjustment of tribal girls of aspirational districts of Odisha, b. To compare the social adjustment of tribal girls in relation to the locality, c. To study the socio-economic status of the Parent’s of the tribal girls of aspirational districts of Odisha, d. To compare the mean score of social adjustment of tribal girls of low, medium and high socio-economic status of their parents., e. To find the relationship between social adjustment of adolescent tribal girls and their Parent’s socio-economic status. The investigator adopted descriptive survey method for the present study. All secondary school students belonging to aspirational districts of Odisha was considered as Population of the study. So, all the students of secondary school, studying in class IX and X in the Malkangiri, Nuapada, Balangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Gajapati, Dhenkanal, Koraput, Rayagada, Nawarangapur district are population for the Present study. From above mentioned population researcher randomly selected 316 tribal girls as the sample of the study. Social Adjustment Scale by Dr. Ashutosh Kumar has been adopted for data collection of the study. Socio-economic status scale developed and standardized by Rajeev Lochan Bharadwaj, translated & standardized by Dr Amulya Kumar Acharya was adopted for data collection of the study. The results of the study found that most of the tribal girls have average level of social adjustment, Urban tribal girls have better social adjustment that rural tribal girls, most of the parents have low socio-economic status, the social adjustment of tribal girls belonging to high, medium and low socio-economic status differs significantly, and social adjustment and socio-economic status were positive and significantly correlated.