The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on the Adaptability and Development of Personality Skill of Undergraduate Students
Abstract
This research focuses on finding the relationship between social backgrounds of university students and their adaptability to university environment. Students were asked to tell about improvement of academic and social performance of their batch mates since first semester. In the process, interviews of 120 engineering students from third and fourth years were conducted. Interviews of female students were 15. The results indicate that academic and social adaptability of students from rural or humble backgrounds is higher than upper or middle class students. Findings suggest that students from low socioeconomic status and backward areas were more adaptable to change, they generally showed more work improvement and personality grooming than other students though they were more reluctant to go out from their comfort zone. The study also shows that low SES students were hesitant to go to co-gatherings and communicating with students of opposite sex. Together these findings provide important understanding of how SES affects students’ adaptability and performance.
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