Impact of Maternal Acceptance and Rejection on Adjustment Level of Girls

The purpose of the present study was to examine the impact of perceived maternal acceptance and rejection on adjustment level of college going girls. It was hypothesized that girls who perceived maternal acceptance will be better adjusted in different field of adjustment than their counterpart who perceived maternal rejection. The sample of the study comprised 160 college going girls (80 who perceived maternal acceptance and 80 who perceived maternal rejection) selected from various colleges of Ranchi town on the basis of PARQ score. Girls who scored lass than 90 on PARQ considered maternally accepted and who score more than 150 on PARQ considered maternally rejected girls. To collect the required data for the present study Hindi adaptation of Bell adjustment inventory developed by Mohsin and Shamshad was administered on all subjects. The obtained data were analyzed with the help of Mean, SD andt test. Result shows that maternally accepted girls have high level of adjustment in comparison to the maternally rejected girls. On the basis of obtained result it was also concluded that adjustment is affected by parental behavior.