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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2019, Volume : 7, Issue : 4
First page : (522) Last page : (529)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.7833

Influence of Personal Characteristics on Social Maturity of Urban and Rural High School Students

Fatima  A. Nadaf* and Manjula Patil
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Community Science,
University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad-580005, Karnataka, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: fatimanadafdwd1994@gmail.com
Received: 13.07.2019  |  Revised: 20.08.2019   |  Accepted: 27.08.2019  

 ABSTRACT

Adolescence is the stage of development which produces a number of social problems for a person. These problems arise out of adolescent adjustment with social group. A study was conducted to examine the influence of personal characteristics on social maturity of urban and rural high school students. About 240 students each from urban and rural areas were drawn from Dharwad taluk of Karnataka. Twenty students were taken from 8th, 9th and 10th class randomly for the study. Social maturity of students was assessed by using social maturity scale by Rao (2000). On analysis, results revealed that, majority of the urban and rural high school students showed moderate behavior followed by matured behavior. Overall, social maturity was higher for urban students than for rural students. With regard to gender, majority of urban boys and girls had moderate behavior on social maturity and in rural area, majority of boys had matured behavior on social maturity. Girls from both urban and rural area reported significantly higher social maturity when compared to boys. Majority 10th standard students in urban area reported higher social maturity compared to other grades. First borns had matured behavior on social maturity in both urban and rural areas. Study results indicate that, students should be given with more opportunities and exposure to develop social maturity from the childhood. There is need to provide equal opportunities, privileges, care and importance given, for every child. It is important to make them realize that, family members are responsible to shape their children’s’ developmental patterns.

Keywords: Social maturity, Personal characteritsc, High school students

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Cite this article: Nadaf, F.A. & Patil, M. (2019). Influence of Personal Characteristics on Social Maturity of Urban and Rural High School Students, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 7(4), 522-529. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.7833