http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-III).21
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-III).21
Published : Sep 2018
Social and Academic Adjustment of the University Students
The study finds relationship between social and academic adjustments of BS students in University of Sargodha Pakistan. A sample of 550 BS students was selected from different departments through multistage random sampling. Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (SACQ) was adapted with permission to measure the social and academic adjustments of BS students which has acceptable value of reliability coefficient Cronbach Alpha 0.90 after analysis of pilot testing data. In this correlational study, data collected through survey were analysed using frequencies, percentages, means scores, standard deviation, t-test, and one-way ANOVA. The study finds majority of students have moderate level of social and academic adjustment; Male students have better social adjustment but both have equivalent academic adjustment; boarders have better social adjustment than day scholars, students of 2nd and 8 th semester had equal level of academic adjustment but 8 th semester students have better social adjustment than 2nd semester students. It is recommended that students are provided with the opportunities of group projects, seminars and guidance and counselling regarding values of university education.
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Social Adjustment, Academic Adjustment, University Students
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(1) Asghar Ali
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Malakand, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Mushtaq Ahmad
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Saifullah Khan
Lecturer, Government College Farooka, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Ali, A., Ahmad, M., & Khan, S. (2018). Social and Academic Adjustment of the University Students. Global Social Sciences Review, III(III), 378-394. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-III).21
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CHICAGO : Ali, Asghar, Mushtaq Ahmad, and Saifullah Khan. 2018. "Social and Academic Adjustment of the University Students." Global Social Sciences Review, III (III): 378-394 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2018(III-III).21
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HARVARD : ALI, A., AHMAD, M. & KHAN, S. 2018. Social and Academic Adjustment of the University Students. Global Social Sciences Review, III, 378-394.
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MHRA : Ali, Asghar, Mushtaq Ahmad, and Saifullah Khan. 2018. "Social and Academic Adjustment of the University Students." Global Social Sciences Review, III: 378-394
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OXFORD : Ali, Asghar, Ahmad, Mushtaq, and Khan, Saifullah (2018), "Social and Academic Adjustment of the University Students", Global Social Sciences Review, III (III), 378-394
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TURABIAN : Ali, Asghar, Mushtaq Ahmad, and Saifullah Khan. "Social and Academic Adjustment of the University Students." Global Social Sciences Review III, no. III (2018): 378-394. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-III).21