Adjusment in college students
Adjustment may be defined as a process of altering behavior to reach a harmonious relationship with the environment. When people say they are in an “adjustment period” they typically mean they are going through a process of change and are searching for some level of balance or acceptance with the environment, others, or themselves.
In this rapid changing world, adjustment is a persistent feature of human personality. A man of adjusting nature can lead a cheerful and wholesome life. The biological concept of adaptation has been borrowed and changed somewhat by the psychologist and renamed “adjustment” to emphasize the individual’s struggle to get along or survive in his/her social and physical environment.
Adjustment difficulties, loneliness and depression are much more common among college students than their peers who are not in college. Specifically, adjustment difficulties arise from unresolved family problems, the differences between the expectations and the realities of college, academic deficiencies, financial difficulties, and the lack of developing sufficient social support in the campus. When adjustment difficulties arise, many college students try to resolve such problems through unwise and sinful behaviors.
EGO DEVELOPMENT IN ADOLESCENCE:
Ego development refers to the evolution of meanings that the individual imposes upon inner experience and upon perceptions of people and events. It refers to the person's integrative processes and overall orientation to family, friends, and the larger society.
Ego development consists of a sequence of qualitatively discrete and increasingly mature stages of functioning across the domains of personal relationships, impulse control, moral development and cognitive style. The stages represent predominant features of the person, core perspectives, and styles. They characterize how an individual thinks, perceives, and feels, and frame the individual's understandings and behavioral options in given situations.
In this rapid changing world, adjustment is a persistent feature of human personality. A man of adjusting nature can lead a cheerful and wholesome life. The biological concept of adaptation has been borrowed and changed somewhat by the psychologist and renamed “adjustment” to emphasize the individual’s struggle to get along or survive in his/her social and physical environment.
Adjustment difficulties, loneliness and depression are much more common among college students than their peers who are not in college. Specifically, adjustment difficulties arise from unresolved family problems, the differences between the expectations and the realities of college, academic deficiencies, financial difficulties, and the lack of developing sufficient social support in the campus. When adjustment difficulties arise, many college students try to resolve such problems through unwise and sinful behaviors.
EGO DEVELOPMENT IN ADOLESCENCE:
Ego development refers to the evolution of meanings that the individual imposes upon inner experience and upon perceptions of people and events. It refers to the person's integrative processes and overall orientation to family, friends, and the larger society.
Ego development consists of a sequence of qualitatively discrete and increasingly mature stages of functioning across the domains of personal relationships, impulse control, moral development and cognitive style. The stages represent predominant features of the person, core perspectives, and styles. They characterize how an individual thinks, perceives, and feels, and frame the individual's understandings and behavioral options in given situations.