Social maturity of senior secondary school students in relation to their personality

Social maturity means knowing what to do and striving for it by following role models to reach the desired level of acceptable social behavior. Personality comprised of pattern of feelings, thoughts, and activities that distinguishes one person from another. In the present study relationship between social maturity and personality senior secondary school students is being studies. It was hypothesized that there exists no relationship between social maturity and personality of senior secondary school students. There exists no significant difference between social maturity and personality of male and female senior secondary school students. A sample of 100 (50 male, 50 female) senior secondary school students studying in class XII of senior secondary schools were selected through simple random sampling method. Social maturity scale developed by Dr. R. P. Srivastava and DPI (Dimensional personality Inventory) by Dr. Mahesh Bhargava were used to collect the data. Findings of the study show that there is a positive relationship between social maturity and personality of senior secondary school students. There is no significant difference between social maturity and personality of male and female secondary school students.