Gender, Family Size and Birth Order as Determinants of Emotional Adjustment Among Adolescents

The present investigation was conducted to examine the effect of gender, family size and birth order on emotional adjustment of adolescents. Samples of 150 adolescents (75 males and 75 females) in the age range of 16-18 years, studying in 11th and 12th standard were selected from four English medium schools of Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh. Global Adjustment Scale developed by Psy-Com Services (1994) was used for measuring emotional adjustment among the selected sample of adolescent boys and girls. A 2*2*2 analysis of variance with unequal replicates was carried out to see the independent and interactive effect of gender, family size and birth order on emotional adjustment of adolescents. Results revealed that gender has established significant effect on emotional adjustment of adolescent with boys having significantly better emotional adjustment as compared to girls. Furthermore, findings also reported that family size and birth order does not seem to play its significant role on emotional adjustment of adolescents in Himachal Pradesh