Social adjustment among children of underage mothers and their ordinary peers

Abstract

The aim of the current research is to know the social adjustment of the children of underage mothers and their ordinary peers، and using the comparative descriptive approach، as well as the social personal adjustment scale prepared by (Al-Wahaib، 2018). The research was applied to a purposive sample consisted of (176) mothers، including (81) underage mothers who have (104) children، and (95) ordinary mothers who have also (104) children، and the results have reached there is social adjustment among the children of underage mothers and their ordinary peers، also there are differences in social adjustment in favor of the children of ordinary mothers. In addition to differences in adjustment between the children due to the variable of the mother’s age.