Abstract

One of the purposes of education is to train students for healthy adjustment in various life situations. This implies that education and adjustment are complementary and linked to each other. In view of widespread distress among students, it is important for teachers and researchers to understand the factors contributing to students’ adjustment to college life. The present study is aimed to assess the impact of anxiety and personality dimension on adjustment of tribal college girl students. The study sample comprised of 180 tribal college girl students. All the participants were assessed using the Personal data sheet, Bell adjustment Inventory, Maudsley personality inventory and Sinha’s anxiety scale. The results indicate that anxiety has a significant impact on adjustment whereas extravert personality has positive impact on adjustment on college tribal girl students.