Abstract :
To study the Adjustment Problem in Adolescent Girls Staying in Hostel in Urban Area. Cross-sectional study (Questionnaire Based Study). The study was conducted in NKPSIMS and LATA Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Centre, Nagpur from February 2019 to September 2019. Total 178 Adolescent Girls with age ranging 11- 16 years, who were selected randomly via an easy sampling procedure to conducted Bell Adjustment Inventory. Used IBM- SPSS Version 25 software for further statistical analysis. Descriptive analysis was done using frequency and proportion, mean, variance, ANOVA, Home adjustment problem, the ANOVA test statistic is the F value of 2.6329, df 2, 175, F Crit 3.047, and p-value is 0.075 statistically significant at p<0.05 level. Health adjustment problem, the ANOVA test statistic is the F value of 5.9064, df 2, 175, F Crit 3.047, and p-value is 0.003 statistically significant at p<0.05 level. Social adjustment problem, the ANOVA test statistic is the F value of 3.2613, df 2, 175, F Crit 3.047, and p-value is 0.041 statistically significant at p<0.05 level. and Emotional adjustment problem, the ANOVA test statistic is the F value of 3.348, df 2, 175, F Crit 3.047, and p-value is 0.037 statistically significant at p<0.05 level. Nearly 83/178 (46.62%) rural girls staying in hostel with adjustment problem, 61/178 (34.26%) rural girls staying in hostel with a few adjustment problems, and 34/178 (19.10%) rural girls staying in hostel with no adjustment problem. These findings suggest the necessity to extend school teachers/ counsellor/ parents conscious of these difficulties, also helps to develop adjustment skills with their proper guidance to adolescents girls.