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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2019, Volume : 7, Issue : 6
First page : (439) Last page : (448)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.7837

Influence of Parental and Familial 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: 17.11.2019  |  Revised: 20.12.2019   |  Accepted: 27.12.2019  

 ABSTRACT

Adolescence is a social process. The relationship an adolescent shares with his parent and family is most important in defining his ability to mature socially. A study was conducted to examine the influence of parental and familial 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) and socio-economic status was assessed through Socio-economic status scale by Aggarwal et al., (2005). On analysis, results revealed that, majority of the urban and rural high school students showed moderate behavior on social maturity. Overall, social maturity was higher for urban students than for rural students. Mother’s education and occupation had significant association with social maturity of rural students, whose mothers had higher education and self employed reported higher social maturity. The nuclear and joint families of urban students had significant association on social maturity, where students from both nuclear and joint family had moderate behavior on social maturity. There was impact of socio-economic status on social maturity of urban students, where students with higher SES had higher social maturity.

Keywords: Social maturity, Parental and familial characteristics, High school students

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Cite this article: Nadaf, F.A. & Patil, M. (2019). Influence of Parental and Familial Characteristics on Social Maturity of Urban and Rural High School Students, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 7(6), 439-448. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.7837