Vol. 8, Issue 9, Part C (2022)

Adjustment helps us in keeping balance between our needs and the capacity to meet these needs. Adjustment persuades us to change our way of life according to the demands of the situation. Adjustment gives us strength and ability to bring desirable changes in the conditions of our environment. The purpose of this study is to explore the prevalence of emotional adjustment among students. Besides, the researcher compares the male and female students on their emotional adjustment level. It was hypothesis that there seems no significant difference between male and female students on their emotional adjustment level. For exploring the emotional adjustment level of the respondents the researcher employed the student emotional adjustment scale developed by Jain, S. K. (2015) representative sample of 400 adolescents has been selected from delimited area of Chennai. The whole sample has been collected from the above mentioned sampling sites. In the existing research study the researcher found that there seems no significant difference between male and female students on their level of emotional adjustment. Henceforth, it may be traced out that impact of gender is not significant on the level of emotional adjustment of the students.