A Study of Social Maturity among Adolescent Boys and Girls in Reference to Parental Encouragement

The present study was conducted to examine the effects of Parental encouragement on social maturity of adolescent girls and boys from class 9th to 12th standards. 2x2 factorial design was used. Data was collected from 120 high school students divided into 60 boys and 60 girls. Parental encouragement scale developed by Sharma (1987) was used to asses the parental encouragement, and Social maturity scale developed by Nalini Rao (1986) was used to assess the social maturity. Mean, SD, and F test were used for statistical analysis of obtained scores. Results indicated significant difference between High and Low parental Encouragement on total social maturity, communication and cooperation among adolescent boys and girls.