Zewdie, Teka (PhD)Abdu, Jemal2019-01-102023-11-102019-01-102023-11-102006-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/15628The main purpose of this study was to compare the psychosocial adjustment of the home and the institutionalized adolescelHs in the town of Awassa, The sex differences in each of those adolescent groups, and the group diffe rences in the psychosocial adjustment of duration of stay inside the child-rearing institution were also investigated, 100 adolescents (50 males and 50 f emales) were selected from the Awassa SOS Secondary School using a stratified random sampling technique/procedure, Out of the total samples 50% were home-reared & the remaining 50% were institutionalized adolescents, The data for this study was collected using self-administered questionnaire with demographic questions and psychosocial adjustment measures adapted from various slandardized items, And the collected data was analyzed using s uch statistical methods as t-test, one way ANOVA and Scheffe 's procedure, Mean comparisons were also run, Findings of this study revealed that there was a significant group difference in psychosocial adjustment of the home and the institutionalized adolescents, But significanl sex differences between adolescents in each group of adolescents were nOI observed. The result indicated that there were significant group differences between the three sub-groups of the institutionalized adolescents thai were classified on their length of stay, And finally major findings with possible conclusions and recommendations were fO lO.warded,enPsychosocial Adjustment of HomeThesis