International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
Year : 2018, Volume : 8, Issue : 11
First page : ( 177) Last page : ( 187)
Online ISSN : 2249-2496.

Relationship between body mass index (BMI) and social adjustment of secondary student

Mondal Mousumi¹, Sarkar Bijan²

¹M. Ed. student, Dept. of Education, University of Kalyani

²Associate Professor, Dept. of Education, University of Kalyani

Online published on 2 September, 2019.

Abstract

India is a land consists of different culture and regions where people deal differently in different situations for cooperating each other sympathetically. Those who live in urban area were handling many social problems. Social maturity makes a man social adjusted in various situations. Every human being wants to adjust oneself to various situations. Researchers considered the objective of the study was to find out the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and social adjustment among overweight, normal weight and underweight students. Body Mass Index (BMI) and social adjustment were considered as the variable of the study. The researchers selected two hundred twenty six (226) students of class IX & X from the district of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal as sample for the study. Researcher developed a questionnaire to measure the social adjustment. The questionnaire finalized by expert consisted of 25 questions of statement on various psychological and sociological aspects. Body Mass Index was calculated from height and weight of the students by Stadiometer and Weighing machine respectively. On the basis of the statistical analysis and interpretation it was found that, BMI and social adjustment in most of the cases are not significantly correlated.

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Keywords

Body Mass Index Social Adjustment Obesity.

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