A COMPARATIE STUDY ON INTERPERSONAL ADEQUACY (SOCIAL MATURITY) OF PARENT CHILDREN RELATIONSHIP IN SECONDARY LEVEL STUDENT

Social maturity is the ability to function in an appropriately responsible manner. It is the ability to tolerate & adjust to frustration with stress while attaining tolerant outlook a satisfactory life philosophy that enables to satisfy physical as well as psychological needs. 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. Parent children relationship undergoes important transitions during adolescence including a decrease in time spend with parents & a shift from dependency to mutual reciprocity. Parents play a significant role in supporting secure attachment during these transitions. The present research study was undertaken to compare interpersonal adequacy of parent children relationship in secondary level student. It was hypothesized that there exists no significant difference in the interpersonal adequacy of parent children relationship of rural area secondary level boys & girls student. There exists no significant difference in the interpersonal adequacy of parent children relationship of urban area secondary level boys & girls student. There exists no significant difference in the interpersonal adequacy of parent children relationship of secondary level rural & urban students. A sample of 200 (100 boy & 100 girl) secondary school students studying in class IX & X were selected through simple random sampling method. Social Maturity Scale(Hindi) by Nalini Rao & Parent Children Relationship Scale(Hindi) by Nalini Rao were used to collect the data. Findings of the study show that there is no significant difference in the interpersonal adequacy of parent children relationship of rural area secondary level boys & girls student. There is no significant difference in the interpersonal adequacy of parent children relationship of urban area secondary level boys & girls student. There is no significant difference in the interpersonal adequacy of parent children relationship of rural & urban area secondary level students.