Muslim- Students’ Psychological Adjustment in MANUU-Girls’ Hostel: A Survey

Education is the weapon that changes a person-life. Psychological adjustment is necessary for students to study satisfactorily and happily but boarders of hostels live in a different environment in which they have never lived before, so they may have psychological adjustment problem that is like a virus eating their peace of mind. Qiang Wang and Qian Zhang state about psychological maladjustment harm “If someone had serious adjustment problems when entering in college, he or she might do extreme things on campus (e.g., suicide, aggression, inferiority, autism). Thus, problems of adjustment will do harm to students' quality of daily life and mental health.”

The Objectives of the Study are
1) To find out the overall psychological adjustment score of Muslim boarders of MANUU Girls hostels.
2) To know the psychological adjustment difference between new and old Muslim boarders of MANUU Girls hostels.
3) To know the psychological adjustment difference between Muslim boarders of MANUU Girls hostels pursuing arts and technical courses.
4) To know the psychological adjustment difference between Muslim boarders of MANUU Girls hostels hailing from urban and rural areas.

56 boarders were chosen among MANUU Girls‟ Hostel, using simple random sampling technique. Descriptive survey method was used in this study. The tool used was a researcher made questionnaire. Mean and t-test were used as the statistical techniques for analyzing data collected. Study result proved that there is no significant difference between the girls who are pursuing technical- courses and the girls who are pursuing arts courses in their psychological adjustment. It was also seen that there is no significant difference between the girls who have been living in hostel for less than three years and the girls who have been living in hostel more than three years in their psychological adjustment. There is significant difference in the psychological adjustment between the girls who are from rural areas and those who are from urban areas. The girls who are from urban area have better psychological adjustment than rural-areas‟ girls.