ADOLESCENTS SOCIAL MATURITY ? A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

Social maturity is the ability to function in an appropriate responsible manner. As adolescence is the age for an individual to express mature behavior. Social maturity is an essential aspect for the individual as well as society. Results of present study depict that (50.0%) of females of B. Sc. 1st year were in medium range of work orientation. (63.3%) of females of B. Sc. 3rd year were in medium range of self-direction. Independent variables i.e. age, education, caste, occupation had non-significant correlation but only occupation is negatively correlated with social maturity while age, education, caste is positively correlated. Income is significant at 0.05 levels.