Marital adjustment among constable and PI employees of police department

Abstract

The present study aimed to know the marital adjustment among Constable and PI employees of police department. It also aimed to check marital adjustment with reference to types of police and type of family. The Marital Adjustment Questionnaire (MHQ) by Dr. Pramod Kumar and Dr. (Km.) Kanchan Rohatgi (1999) was used. The sample constituted total 120 employees out of which 60 were from constable police (30 joint family and 30 nuclear family) and 60 from PI police (30 joint family and 30 nuclear family). The data was collected from various police department of Gujarat State. The data was scored, analyzed as per the manual. ‘F’ test was being calculated. The result showed that 1. The PI employees group is having more marital adjustment than constable employees group,  2. There is no significant difference between the mean score of the marital adjustment among police employees of joint family and nuclear family and 3. There is no significant difference between interactive effect of the mean score of the marital adjustment of type of police and type of family.