Scholastic achievement and measured maladjustment

Abstract

A study was made of the relation of extra-educational maladjustment to student ability and achievement. Adjustment of 326 men and 217 women was measured by three inventories (Minn. survey of opinions, adjustment inventory, and Minn. inventories of social attitudes). Intercorrelations with measured ability show that ability, attitudes, and adjustment are probably unrelated. Correlation between ability and achievement (average grades) shows a clear relation between economically radical viewpoints and high grade records. Among men with measured maladjustment, ability and achievement correlate impressively ( r = .64), although among women the extreme maladjusted group shows the lowest relation between ability and achievement ( r = .398) and the adjusted group shows the highest relation ( r = .576). (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)