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ABSTRACT
This paper examined the relationship between social adjustment problems, academic performance and academic hardiness of high school students. The sample contained of 212(105 males and 107 females) 10 grade of high school students from Iran. Adjustment Inventory (BAI) and Academic Hardiness Scale (AHS), carried out on the group sample and data analyzed by Pearson correlation and two independent samples T test.
The results revealed that social adjustment problems significantly have negative correlation with academic performance but it has positive correlation with Academic Hardiness. More over there is no significant differences between boys and girls in three variables.
Key words : Social Adjustment, Academic Performance and Academic Hardiness.
INTRODUCTION
The quality of students' academic performance is influenced by wide range of environmental factors rather simply teacher factors and psychological factors within the learners such as motivation and the self, rather than simply by ability. School as a social environment is not only the places in which many students spend most of their day, it also is where they engage in the important activities of learning academic knowledge; acquiring and practicing more generalized skills, such as solving problems, being on time, and following directions; and developing formative relationships with peers and adults. Moreover, the consequences of their behavior at school can be powerful. As noted, students' inappropriate behavior at school can distract both the students themselves and those around them from their learning tasks. In addition, research has shown that teachers' evaluation of students' academic performance is influenced by the students' behavior in the classroom (Minuchin and SSAPiro, 1983). Adjustment is one of the factors which can even be influential on pedagogical achievement. In other words, adjustment is a person's ability in establishing relationship with the environment, and a person cannot expect optimum results until he/she bridges between environment and the situation in a curriculum atmosphere (Erica, 1996).
The term adjustment means a state of harmonious relationship between a person and his environment. It also refers to a continuous process by which a person changes his own behavior or tries to change the environment or brings change in both to produce satisfactory relationship with his environment. It also means how efficiently an individual performs his duties in different circumstances. It is concerned with the...