SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT OF ADOLESCENT IN RELATION TO THEIR FAMILY STRUCTURE

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The adolescence belonging to different family structures have different social adjustment behavior in the society. Social adjustment is an important aspect in an adolescent life when a person adjusts to every situation only they can lead a wonderful life. A adolescence is describe as an adolescence when he achieve puberty that is when he has become sexually mature to the point where he is able to reproduce his kind. The range of adolescent doesn’t differ from country to country but varies from individual to individual. Family is the basic and universal social stricter human society. It fulfill needs and performs function which are indispensable for the continuity, integration and change in social system, man as a social animal not only adapts to physical demand but also adjust to social pressures in the society psychologist use the term social adjustment for varying conditions of social or inter personal relation in the society. Social adjustment mean reaction to the demands and the pressure of social environment imposed upon individual. (Coleman & Eisenberg 1974) Families of delinquent or uncontrollable adolescents are characterized by poorer family relationships and less social connectedness. In general, these families are lower on cohesion and independence and higher on conflict and control (Fox & Fiese 1983) the family environment also affects the academic achievement, which is the product of maturational forces within the adolescent and the experiences provided by the environment (Bernard & Aggarwa 1971)

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