Some Environmental Factors in Relation to the Personality Adjustments of Rural Children.

Certain aspects and conditions of rural life were studied in relation to the personality adjustments of children with the purpose of contributing toward the determination of the factors responsible for the relatively poor personality ratings of rural children in comparison with urban children. The subjects were 1,217 children in 14 village schools and 46 one-room country schools. Farm children attending village schools scored highest in self adjustment. Occupational status was related to adjustment in children of the non-farm group, those of the common labor class scoring lowest. Quality of family life was important in all groups. The need for research in this area is stressed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]