INTRODUCTION
Adjustment is the main component of human life. Living is a process of adjustment and it is a process of unique importance in human life. It is a satisfactory and harmonious relationship of an organism to its environment. Thus, the term adjustment may be defined as “the process of finding and adopting modes of behavior suitable to the environment or to the changes in the environment.
Test Description
The present Adjustment Inventory has been prepared on the basis of Bell’s Adjustment Inventory (Student Form). With an aim to measure adjustment of students, Bell published his Adjustment Inventory in 1934. He pointed out specifically that the inventory has been successful when used with the students of high schools and colleges. It is suitable for the use of both sexes”. He calculated the reliability by the “odd-even” technique and test-retest method. It was validated against Bernreuter Personality Inventory
The present Adjustment Inventory was prepared in 1968 when one of the Ph.D. students was conducting his research work under the guidance of the author. This inventory includes four parts-Home, Health, Social and Emotional. Each part has 35 statements, which are answered in ‘Yes’ and ‘No.’
The Adjustment Inventory has four parts. Each part has 35 statements. On the right side of each statement, ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ have been given. If you agree with the statement or the facts mentioned in the statement, yes. If your answer is negative, i.e., you are not agreeing to the facts mentioned in the statement, ‘No’. There is no time limit, but you should answer all the items quickly.
Scoring of the inventory is the easiest. You have to count the number of responses where the individual has Yes’ only. For each Yes’ response, 1 score is to be given. The total number of ‘Yes’ scores thus making the total score of the individual in the part
Yes 1
You are not concerned with the ‘No’ response.
No 0
The inventory is a totally negative inventory. When an individual answers in Yes it indicates his difficulties. If he answers in ‘No’, it indicates that the individual has no such difficulty. His answer is neither affirmative nor negative towards difficulties Therefore, only ‘Yes’ responses are scored to measure adjustment difficulty.
Purpose
To find out the adjustment problem of the subject using BAI
Equipment/Material Used
i) BAI booklet consumable
ii) BAI Manual
iii) Pen/pencil/paper, eraser
Introduction to the subject:
Name: XXX XXX
Age: 29
Religion: Hindu
Gender: Male
Marital status: Unmarried
Education: Just Joined Masters
Occupation: Senior Software Engineer
Date of the Test: August 2nd, 2019, 1:00 PM
Place: Office Environment, Lunch Time (Kathmandu)
Test Administration:
Procedure:
Firstly, the subject was greeted, and the conversation was started. The subject was informed about the test and its relevance and was excited for the test, as it was his first time giving this type of test. The subject was instructed as per the BAI manual and explained the procedure to approach the test. The Subject’s consent was requested and assured that the data obtained will remain confidential.
Testing:
The test was conducted in the office environment but on a moaAre confined boundary to limit the outward interaction. While giving the test, the subject went smoothly on the home section but just stumbled on the health section, the question seemed to be related to him and the result was positive on most of them. The subject enjoyed the social section and completed it in an instant but was again hurdled on the emotional part.
Introspection:
After the testing was completed the subject was asked to share his experience. The subject replied he had mixed feelings answering some of the questions on this section and might not be the exact response he wanted to provide so was asking for the avoidance of the question as the answer was boolean limited to either Yes or No. For some questions the subject felt that it would have been more accurate if the Linkert scale was used instead of boolean value.
Release:
After completing the assessment, the first emotion he reflected on was relief from completing the long assessment and had the feeling that the completion of the test was some kind of minor achievement. The subject was excited about the result the instant he finished the assessment. The subject was released then with thanks and will receive the adjustment scoring later on.
Result and Analysis/Interpretation
Obtained Score:
| Area | Home | Health | Social | Emotional |
| Scores | 12 | 14 | 9 | 15 |
| Interpretation | Average | Very Unsatisfactory | Good | Unsatisfactory |
Table 6.1: Obtained Score
Note: The interpretation of the score is as per the BAI manual for the post-graduate students.
The score on the Health and Emotional sector of the subject seems to be Very unsatisfactory and unsatisfactory which seems to be of concern just reflecting the tabular scores. On analyzing the scores and the answers and the question responsible for the positive score it was found that the subject gets mild headaches and has eye problems and was prone to illness in his childhood, which led to a higher score. Regardless of the score, the subject is fit and no concern even the score indicates a very unsatisfactory result.
The emotional aspect seems unsatisfactory. The subject recently joined for a master’s education and his younger sibling has already completed the course so he had confused thoughts that he might get compared with and cannot achieve good grades. The subject seems emotional but can be considered normal.
Impression:
From the scoring above, the subject seems average and is a bit emotional and may need to adjust emotionally compared to the average as per the BAI scoring.
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