Level of adjustment and anxiety problems of the evening division students of Fu-jen University, Taipei

• Main Author: Lee, Shiow-Hwa
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1990
• Subjects: Student adjustment; Anxiety; Evening and continuation school students > Psychology; Counseling; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/1296; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8134&context=etd_masteral
• Institution: De La Salle University

This descriptive study was undertaken to find out the level of adjustment and anxiety problems of the evening division students of Fu-Jen University, Taipei. The subjects of the study were 470 students who were enrolled in the evening division of Fu-Jen University. The instruments used were the Bell Adjustment Inventory, the College Inventory of Academic Adjustment, the Anxiety Scale Questionnaire and a personal information sheet. The following conclusions were made: 1. The students have a high anxiety level 2. the students' emotional adjustment were unsatisfactory, but average in home, social and academic adjustment 3. men are better adjusted in all areas and have less anxiety than the women 4. the oldest age group has the best adjustment in all aspects, and also has the least anxiety 5. students having the choice to enroll themselves in the evening division and who have feelings of satisfaction with college have least anxiety, and have better adjustment in all aspects 6. higher anxiety is related to maladjustment and 7. feelings of dissatisfaction or satisfaction with college is the variable that best predicts anxiety and adjustment.