A Study to Assess the Adjustment Disorder Faced by the First Year Basic B.Sc Nursing Students of Selected Colleges of Nursing in Banaskantha District

Introduction:The individuals today are facing contradictions and hence facing difficulty in adjustment with environment.Being a social animal, man needs to remain in society, he has to adjust with the values of society.Adjustment disorder define as the presence of emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to an identifiable stressor (s) occurring within 3 month of the onset of the stressor (s)" (American psychiatric associated, 2013) in addition to exposure to one or more stressor. Materials and Methods:Quantitative approach Research approach was used.Descriptive survey design.80 B.sc Nursing students of selected Nursing colleges in Banaskantha district.Assessed Adjustment Disorder-ADNM-20 questionnaire was used to assess the Adjustment disorder among First year Basic B.sc Nursing students.Results: Study revealed that in 08 (10%) had Low risk, 58 (72.55 %) had Moderate risk and 14 (17.5) had High Risk but score is less.It proved that there was significant association between Demographic Variables and Adjustment disorder among First year Basic B.sc Nursing students.Conclusions: Its show that majority of samples58 (72.55 %) had Moderate risk for adjustment problems.And their family income has a significant association with Adjustment Disorder.