Psychosocial Correlates of Adjustment among Maoist conflict exposed Youth of Chhattisgarh State

Dr Mona Makhija                                                                         Dr Promila Singh

Post Doctoral Research Fellow                                           Professor Psychology                                                                                                                          Department of Psychology                                                     Department of Psychology

Pt Ravishankar Shukla University                                      Pt Ravishankar Shukla University

Raipur (Chhattisgarh), India                                                    Raipur (Chhattisgarh), India

monamakhija28@gmail.com singhpromi@gmail.com

Psychosocial Correlates of Adjustment among Maoist conflict exposed Youth of Chhattisgarh State

Abstract

Background In one third part of India, socio cultural and economical development is severely troubled due to maoist movement, but the biggest loss is young generation's not getting elementary amenities to grow well, especially in dense forested rural areas where maoists take advantage of jungle to hide them from view. On one hand young boys and girls are lured by financial and physical security provided by maoists in exchange of joining them on other hand their educational institutes are always targets of destruction because security forces used to stay there. Any way youth is deprived of getting good education and fearless environment. To save the young students from this conflict State government established six residential schools in maoist violence free districts and students are brought here. Psychological factors may interrupt with the aim of these efforts. Present study tends to explore the degree to which intellectual capacity, emotional and social intelligence would collectively and comparatively predict adjustment among these Maoist conflict exposed youth.

Method The sample comprised of total 360 students, 225 male and 135 female with the age range of 16 to 18 years identified from Prayas, residential schools. All the students have passed high school and are from officially declared maoist hit districts.Students are randomly selected from four different schools. The tools applied were Culture fair Intelligence Test, Scale 2 and Form B by Cattell, Youth Emotional Intelligence Scale by Ajwani , Tromso Social Intelligence Scale by Silvera et al and Adjustment Inventory by Asthana. Co relational research design was employed. Descriptive statistics including Mean, Standard Deviation, Product Moment Correlation and Multiple regression analysis were obtained.

Results The results indicated significantly high association between the independent variables and adjustment with intelligence taking the lead(r=0.69) followed by social intelligence (r=0.68) and lastly emotional intelligence (r=0.60). Also, all the three independent variables are significantly correlated to each other. Emotional intelligence and social intelligence was positive and significant (r=0.73), Emotional intelligence and intelligent quotient was positive and significant (r=0.67); social intelligence and intelligence quotient was also positive and significant (r=0.84).   Total contribution of all the three intelligences is 52.2% to the criterion variable, while relative contributions as revealed by the Beta results showed abstract intelligence contributed more(B =0.36) than Emotional Intelligence (B = 0.16), Social Intelligence (B = 0.23).

Conclusions Findings of study indicate that psychosocial correlates play important role in the process of adjustment while Intelligence is major predictor of adjustment.

Added-Values Group and individual counselling may improve Emotional and Social Intelligence up to a certain level and may help in better adjustment. Well adjusted children will become successful adults who in turn will make a nation strong and violence free.

Key words: adjustment, emotional Intelligence, social Intelligence,maoist

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