PERCEIVED EFFECTS OF SOCIAL ISSUES ON SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT OF POOR STUDENTS IN SOCIETY

Abstract

Poor quality of education and increase in economic issues, public health problems, inequality or injustice are all because of social issues due to which society is highly affected. The study was descriptive (cross-sectional) in nature. All male principals, teachers and parents in district Lakki Marwat were the target population of the study. The total numbers of (n = 220) respondents (20 Principals/Headmaster, 40 Teachers and 160 Parents from Public boys Secondary Schools district Lakki Marwat were taken as sample of the study out of (N = 4400) by applying John Curray (1984) sample size rule of thumb. In this study, Simple random, stratified, Judgmental sampling (purposive sampling/authoritative sampling) and disproportionate sampling techniques were used. The key purpose of the study was to examine the perceived effects of social issues on social adjustment of poor students in society. Data were taken through self-developed questionnaire of Likert type scale response of anchors with options “Most Affect, More Affect,
Much Affect, Less Affect, and Never Affect (No Effect)”. Data were entered into SPSS to statistically analyze it by using Linear Regression and One Way ANOVA. Results, findings, and conclusions were drawn by probing research problem that social issues have bad effect on students’ social adjustment in society. Recommendations were suggested at the end for future researcher and further improvement in the study.