Gender differences in social development of primary school children

Pages: 161-163
Kiran Maheshwari (Department of Psychology, Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phoole Univeristy, Jaipur, Rajasthan)
Bhanwar Singh (Department of Psychology, Pacific University, Udaipur, Rajasthan)

We conducted descriptive research, to measuring the gender differences based on social development in primary school children in Jaipur. 320 primary school children participated in this study (160 girls and 160 boys). The Primary school social skills questionnaire has been applied in two forms of girls and boys. 160 girls and 160 boys answered the questionnaire. The result showed from the viewpoint of the children’s that there existed significant difference in social skills between boys and girls , the social skills were generally higher in girls. Moreover, the cooperation index was higher in girls whereas, there was no significant difference in attitude towards adults between girls and boys from the viewpoint of the social development.