Study of Relationship between Social Maturity and Adjustment of Government School Stude

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Mohsin Ali Khan

Abstract

The present study aims to find out the relationship between social maturity and adjustment of
adolescents studying in government secondary schools of Delhi. Sample comprises randomly
selected a total of 80 students of class 9 from four government secondary schools. Standardised
tools of social maturity and adjustment were used for data collection. The major findings of the
study indicate that government secondary school students (45%) were found high socially
mature and 50% were reported under average socially mature category, whereas around 27%
students were found highly adjusted and 68% were reported under average adjusted category.
A high significant correlation (r-value 0.54*) was calculated seen between social maturity and
adjustment among students, which indicates that government school students are more socially
mature and well adjusted, and social maturity influences the adjustment. Thus, it was concluded
that more socially mature person is better adjusted in any environment and vice versa.

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Khan M. Study of Relationship between Social Maturity and Adjustment of Government School Stude. JTER [Internet]. 10Jun.2012 [cited 29Mar.2024];11(02):106-12. Available from: https://jter.in/index.php/JTER/article/view/84
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