A STUDY OF EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL COMPETENCE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS OF WORKING AND NON-WORKING MOTHERS OF SIRSA

Social and Emotional aspects of a child plays an important role in his/her life. So the development of these aspects make them competent in their life. In this research an attempt was made to study and compare Emotional and Social Competence among secondary school students of working and non-working mothers of Sirsa. It was an attempt to answer the research question 1) Is there any difference in Social Competence of students of working and non-working mothers? 2) Is there any relationship between Social and Emotional Competence of students of working mothers? Sample consisted 160 students randomly selected from Sirsa. Standardized tools were used for the collection of data in the study. The data related to this were analyzed with the help of t-test. It was found that there is significant difference in Social and Emotional Competence of students of working and non-working mothers. And there is no significant relationship between Social and Emotional Competence of students of non-working mothers.