Age, Rank and Marital Status as Correlates of Adjustment among Indian Army Personnel

Journal Title: Journal Global Values A Peer Reviewed International Journal - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 2

Abstract

Age, Rank and Marital status as correlated of adjustment among Indian army personnel. The main purpose of the present study is to examine the effect of adjustment on age, rank and marital status of Indian army personnel. This may be helpful in increasing their level of adjustment. The sample was 240 army personnel of Bareilly, Banvasa, Delhi and Haldwani Cantt. The following 7 hypothesis were framed to test. There would be a significant effect of age on adjustment of the army personnel and the younger army personnel would differ significantly with their elder counter parts in the matter of adjustment. There would be a significant effect of rank on adjustment of the army personnel and the high rank army personnel (officers) would differ significantly with the low rank army personnel (infantry) in the matter of level of adjustment. There would be a significant effect of marital status on adjustment of the army personnel and the married, the unmarried and the forced bachelor army personnel’s would differ significantly in the matter of level of adjustment. There would be no significant effect of interaction of age and rank on adjustment of army personnel. There would be no significant effect of interaction of age and marital status on adjustment of army personnel. There would be no significant of interaction of rank and marital status on adjustment of army personnel. There would be a significant interaction effect of age, rank and marital status on adjustment of army personnel. A 2x2x3 factorial design was used to test the hypothesis. Measuring instrument were “Revised Adjustment Inventory” by Pramod Kumar (1999). Result shown as age, rank and marital status are the significant factor on adjustment. Further the interaction of age and rank and the interaction of age and marital status are not significant and the interaction of rank and marital status is significant but the interaction of age, rank and marital status is not significant factor on adjustment of army personnel.

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Dr. Kamna Chatuvedi

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Dr. Kamna Chatuvedi (2018). Age, Rank and Marital Status as Correlates of Adjustment among Indian Army Personnel. Journal Global Values A Peer Reviewed International Journal, 0(2), 50-54. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-521849