A Study of Emotional Adjustment of Elementary School Students with Learning Disabilities

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to study and compare the emotional adjustment of learning disabled students from elementary classes. A sample of 140 students (70 male and 70 female) was selected from elementary classes (6,7 and 8) from rural and urban areas of Shimla district. A self- constructed emotional adjustment scale was employed to measure the emotional adjustment of the students. The ‘t’ test was used to compare the emotional adjustment of different groups of students with respect to their gender and locale. Results showed that all students had almost the same level of emotional adjustment as they fell in the moderate emotional adjustment category. Results further showed that there was no significant difference in the emotional adjustment of elementary school students with learning disabilities with respect to gender and area. The findings of the study illuminated the fact that when the emotional adjustment of students is good their mental health will be good. Good mental health is a very important factor for good health of students especially the group of learning disabled students who find it difficult to keep up with their peers.