A study of family environment and adjustment of young adults

Family environment as one in which all members are happy, contended and harmonious, in which each individual is respected and given rights, privileges and responsibilities, suited to his age, and in which there is no dominance by either or both parents or by older children who are permitted to boss over younger ones Hurlock (1972). Adjustment in life is the key to happiness. No one's environment and family circumstances are smooth everyone has to struggle as long as he lives. Mutual give and take in society and family circumstances is necessary for a well adjusted happy life. The aim of the present study is to find out the relationship between family environment and adjustment among young adults and further to find out the gender differences regarding these variables. For this purpose 100 young adults (50 male and 50 female) were taken from Moradabad District of U.P. Family Relationship Scale (FES) (1993) by Bhatia and Chadha and Adjustment Inventory by Sinha and Singh were used for measuring family environment and adjustment of these young adults respectively. Results indicated that these young adults have good level of adjustment as well as family environment. In addition, males and females were significantly differed on these variables and some of its dimensions. Further, correlational analysis elucidated that there was positive correlation between family environment and adjustment. This implies that if the environment of family is good and motivating and cohesiveness is found among family members, the adjustment capacity of these young adults will increased and resulted in happy and healthy personality.