Behaviour Technology for Enhancing Adjustment among Fresher Female Hostel Students

The research work was conducted with the purpose of enhancing adjustment of the Fresher Postgraduate Female students residing in University campus hostel, through the application of four Intervention Techniques. The research work adopted Pre-Post Test Experimental and Control group design with Double Blind Experiment in semi-experimental condition. 50 Fresher Female Hostel students between the age range of 21-22 years were selected from Tripura University Women’s Hostel through Purposive sampling technique. The 50 students were randomly assigned to the Experimental (25) and Control Group (25).The four dimensions of adjustment (home, health, social, emotional) were assessed with the help of Bell Adjustment Inventory (students form) revised by Dr. R.K. Ojha (1994).After the Pre-Test data collection the four different Intervention techniques were administered to the Experimental group for 6 weeks and the Control group did not receive any treatment. For data analysis Mean, Standard Deviation, Gain score and t-test were used. All data was carried out using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17. Findings of the study, concluded that the Experimental group reported improvement in their adjustment compared to the Control group.