Social Maturity Level among College Going Girls- Comparative Study

Adolescence is an impressionable age or role models replicating stage, they take them from all areas that are close at hand in their society, whether mass media, parents and family or their teachers. An individuals personal and social values and skills is that complex of knowledge, values, attitudes and abilities which contribute to the development of a sound moral character, as a sense of community and competence is responding to the personal, social and cultural aspects of life. Results of present study depict that 63.3 per cent students of 1st year were moderately socially mature against 76.6 per cent 3rd year students. Mean scores of B. Sc.3rd year on personal adequacy, inter-personal adequacy and social adequacy (76.83, 76.93, 80.00) was higher than 1st year students.