Q. 1 Who and when Bell Adjustment Inventory (BAI) was published?
Ans: H. M. Bell in 1934
Q.
2 BAI related to which psychological
construct?
Ans: Personality
Q. 3 BAI
is what type of psychological inventory?
Ans: It is
paper pencil inventory and can be administered individually as well as in group
settings.
Q. 4 How
many total items are there in BAI (Mohsin & Shamshad)?
Ans: 135
Q. 5 In
how many areas BAI measures the adjustment?
Ans: 4
Q. 6 Name
the thrust areas of BAI.
Ans: Home,
Health, Social and Emotional.
Q. 7 Does
BAI measures 4 domains separately or it have composite score?
Ans: BAI measures
adjustment in 4 areas separately as well as composite score for overall
adjustment.
Q. 8 Define
home adjustment.
Ans: Home
adjustment is expressed in terms of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with home
environment and life.
Q. 9 Define
health adjustment.
Ans: Health
adjustment is expressed in terms of illness.
Q. 10 Define
social adjustment.
Ans: Social
adjustment in terms of shyness, submissiveness and introversion.
Q. 11 Define
emotional adjustment.
Ans: Emotional
adjustment in terms of depression and nervousness.
Q. 12 What
does the degree of scores indicate?
Ans: High
score indicates low adjustment and vice-versa.
Q. 13 Describe
the breakdown of items in accordance with the 4 domains.
Ans: Home adjustment
– 35
Health
adjustment – 31
Social
adjustment – 34
Emotional
adjustment – 35
Q. 14 How
many numbers of response categories are given for each item?
Ans: 3
Q. 15 What
is the estimated time required to complete the full inventory?
Ans: Approximately
35 to 40 minutes
Q. 16 Which
methods were used to estimate the measure of reliability of BAI?
Ans: Test
re-test reliability and Odd-even reliability
Q. 17 With which
external criterion was BAI validated?
Ans: It was validated
against Hindi version of Eysenck Personality Inventory by Jalota and Kappor,
1965. Those who scored high on BAI also scored high on neuroticism (as measured
by EPI). Those who scored high on Extraversion (EPI) also scored high on social
and overall adjustment.
Q. 18 What
does Hindi alphabets क ख ग घ which are written at the start of items indicates?
Ans: क - Indicates that this item belongs to Home adjustment domain
ख - Indicates that this item belongs to Health adjustment domain
ग - Indicates that this item belongs to Social adjustment domain
घ - Indicates that this item belongs to Emotional adjustment domain
Q. 19 What
is the scoring procedure of BAI?
Ans: Score 1 as
per the details given in the manual.
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