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Psychological Characteristics of Teenager Having Adaptation Dificulties at School

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Title Psychological Characteristics of Teenager Having Adaptation Dificulties at School
Prisitaikymo mokykloje sunkumus patiriančio paauglio psichologinė charakteristika
 
Creator Bukšnytė, Loreta
 
Subject school adaptation; adaptation difficulties; personality peculiarities
prisitaikymas (adaptacija) mokykloje; prisitaikymo (adaptacijos) sunkumai; asmenybės ypatumai
 
Description Adaptation difficulties are usually revealed in adolescence and manifest themselves in inability to adapt to school requirements (Žukauskienė, Ignatavičienė, 2000; Glozman, Samoilova, 1999; Pstrong, 1990). The indicators of school adaptation difficulties are the schoolchild’s academic failure, poor school attendance, use of drugs, alcohol, delinquent behaviour. The most vivid manifestation of adolescent inability to adapt to school requirements is the school dropout rate (Rupšienė, 2000; Gage, Berliner, 1994; Фрумин, 1993; Sagor, 1989).School adaptation problems are often related to schoolchildren’s personality peculiarities. However, in Lithuania, the interrelationship of senior schoolchildren’s personality peculiarities and school adaptation has been only scarcely analysed. The aim of this article is to analyse relationship between schoolchildren’s personality peculiarities and school adaptation indicators (academic success, school attendance, school dropout).The research participants were the ninth form schoolchildren (15-16 years old adolescents) from 15 Kaunas secondary schools. 695 ninth form schoolchildren (296 boys and 399 girls) were researched.Research methods: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory for Adolescents (MMPI-A) and information about school adaptation indicators (achievement, school attendance, pupils’ dropout).The results of the present study revealed that senior pupils’ school adaptation difficulties are related to their personality peculiarities:1. Low achievers boys and girls have higher average scores in scales F (unusual responses), Hs (concern about one’s health), Pd (disobedience to generally accepted rules), Pa (rigidity in one’s dispositions), Sc (thinking and behaviour singularity), Ma (hyperactive, inconsistent behaviour) in comparison with the peers who have higher school achievement scores. Low achievers-girls also exhibited higher average scores in scales Hy (egocentricity), Pt (lack of self-confidence) in comparison with higher achievers-girls.2. Boys with poorer school attendance scores exhibited higher average scores in scales F (unusual responses), Hs (concern about one’s health), Pd (disobedience to generally accepted rules), Pa (rigidity in one’s dispositions), Pt (lack of self-confidence), Sc (thinking and behaviour singularity) in comparison with the boys with better school attendance scores. Girls with worse school attendance scores exhibited lower evaluations in scales Si (introversion) comparing with girls attending school better.
Geras asmens psichologinis socialinis prisitaikymas mūsų sudėtingo ir nuolat besikeičiančio gyvenimo sąlygomis yra svarbus gyvenimo kokybės rodiklis. Prisitaikymo sunkumai dažniausiai atsiskleidžia paauglystėje ir pasireiškia paauglio nesugebėjimu prisitaikyti prie mokyklos reikalavimų. Prisitaikymo sunkumų mokykloje rodikliai yra moksleivio nepažangumas, pamokų nelankymas, narkotikų, alkoholio vartojimas, nusikalstamas elgesys. Stipriausia paauglio nesugebėjimo prisitaikyti prie mokyklos reikalavimų išraiška yra moksleivio išėjimas iš mokyklos jos nebaigus.Šiame straipsnyje pristatomas tyrimas, kurio tikslas – išanalizuoti vyresniųjų klasių moksleivių asmenybės ypatumų ir prisitaikymo mokykloje sunkumų ryšį. Tyrimas, kuriame dalyvavo 15-kos Kauno miesto bendrojo lavinimo mokyklų devintokai (15–16 metų paaugliai), vyko dviem etapais. Pirmame etape MMPI metodika ištirta 695 moksleiviai: 296 berniukai ir 399 mergaitės. Antrame etape buvo renkami duomenys apie ištirtų moksleivių prisitaikymą mokykloje (pažangumą, pamokų lankymą, išėjimą iš mokyklos dėl prisitaikymo problemų).Tyrimo rezultatai parodė, kad vyresnių klasių moksleivių (ir mergaičių, ir berniukų) prisitaikymo mokykloje sunkumai susiję su jų asmenybės ypatumais.
 
Publisher Mykolo Romerio Universitetas
 
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Date 2014-05-22
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://www3.mruni.eu/ojs/social-work/article/view/2087
 
Source Social Work; Vol 5, No 2 (2006): Social Work; 37-44
Socialinis darbas; Vol 5, No 2 (2006): Social Work; 37-44
2029-2775
1648-4789
 
Language ltu
 
Relation https://www3.mruni.eu/ojs/social-work/article/view/2087/3791
 
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