Social maturity in adolescence in respect to their gender, location of schools and type of schools

Pages: 402-406
Amritpal Kaur (Department of Psychology)
Agyajit Singh (Department of Psychology)

The present study examined social maturity among male and female; rural and urban as well government and private school students. For this purpose, a sample of 400 students were selected randomly; out of which 200 was male students (100 rural and 100 urban) and 200 female students (again 100 rural and 100 urban schools) 50% subjects were from government school and 50% were from private schools of punjab state. Social maturity scale developed by Dr. Nalini Rao was used. The results of present study reveal that there was significant differences between male and female, rural and urban and also among government and private school students.