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Vol.2 Issue 8, August 2013, ISSN 2278-4853
SOCIAL MATURITY OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN

RELATION TO THEIR PERSONALITY
Dr. Dinesh Kumar*; Ms. Ritu**
*Assistant Professor,
Ch. Devi Lal College of Education,
Jagadhri, Haryana, India.
**M.Ed. Scholar,
Ch. Devi Lal College of Education,
Jagadhri, Haryana, India.
ABSTRACT
Social maturity means knowing what to do and striving for it by following role
models to reach the desired level of acceptable social behavior. Personality
comprised of pattern of feelings, thoughts, and activities that distinguishes one
person from another. In the present study relationship between social maturity and
personality senior secondary school students is being studies. It was hypothesized
that there exists no relationship between social maturity and personality of senior
secondary school students. There exists no significant difference between social
maturity and personality of male and female senior secondary school students. A
sample of 100 (50 male, 50 female) senior secondary school students studying in
class XII of senior secondary schools were selected through simple random sampling
method.Social maturity scale developed by Dr. R. P. Srivastava and DPI
(Dimensional personality Inventory) by Dr. Mahesh Bhargava were used to collect
the data. Findings of the study show that there is a positive relationship between
social maturity and personality of senior secondary school students. There is no
significant difference between social maturity and personality of male and female
secondary school students.
KEYWORDS: Social Maturity, Senior Secondary School Students, Personality.
_____________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION
Social Maturity is a term commonly used in two ways like, with respect to the behaviour that is
appropriate to the age of the individual under observation and secondly the behaviour that
conforms to the standard and expectations of the adults. Thus Social Maturity permits more
detailed perception of the social environment which helps adolescents to influence the social
circumstances and develop stable patterns of social behaviour. Raj defines social maturity as the
level of social skills and awareness that an individual has achieved relative to particular norms
related to an age group. It is a measure of the development competence of an individual with
regard to interpersonal relations, behaviour appropriateness, social problem solving and
judgment. Social responsibility, also a sub-trait of social maturity, defined as adherence to social
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rules and role expectations, by Wentzel (1991) is instrumental in the acquisition of academic
knowledge and skills. Social responsibility makes two contributions to learning:
(1)
Behaving responsibly can aid learning by promoting positive interactions with teacher and
peers, e.g. peer sharing of materials or exchanging help with assignments;
(2)
Students goals to be compliant and responsible can constrain and enhance the learning
process, e.g. pupils striving to complete assignments on time to comply with requirements.
Anderson (1939) has very aptly,pointed out, growth and development are not merely changes
inphysical size or body proportions changes occurs in almost every relation within and without
the human being.
Social performance, sociable and presocial behaviour, social inhibition and withdrawal are some
of the traits associated with the psychosocial maturity of an individual. They are either the
components or the resultants of social maturity. How an individual performs in an environment
also depends largely on how he or she has adapted or adjusted to it. Adjustment is a builtin
mechanism for coping with the problematic or other realities of life. Adjustment has been
considered as an index to integration; a harmonious behaviour of the individual by which other
individuals of society recognize that the person is well adjusted (Pathak, 1990). Optimal
adjustment to the learning environment seems to be a precursor to maximizing achievement of
students. School psychologists often come across numerous cases in which a child performing
brilliantly at one school is unable to actualize his potential at a different school or class.
Hurlock (1956) also pointed out that growth and development of the personality of the human
being centre found their measure three aspectsphysical,
CONCEPT OF SOCIAL MATURITY
The maturity marks the end of growth and development. In some aspects of development,
maturity of structure and function comes at fairly early age, whereas, in other it comes later
development comes from maturation and learning. The concept is concerned with the
force,inside and outside the individual. The social maturity as a term is used commonly in two
ways. Firstly, in reference to the behavior that conforms to the standards and expectations of the
adults and secondly in reference to the behavior that is appropriate to the age of the individual
under observation (Srivastava, 1987). Psychologists usually use maturity in the second sense.
Development is essential aspect for the individual as well as the process of socialization. It is
also true that maturity marks the end of growth and development. In some aspects of
development, maturity of development in term of structure and function comes of fairly early
age, whereas in others it comes later. Development depends upon the maturation and learning
which is concerned with the force, inside as well as outside of the individual. Generally there are
three types of maturity viz., physical, psychological and social maturity. So a person who has
characteristics of awareness of his roles in the group desire, to keep pace in social life, sense of
fair play, considerate about the treatment of others, willingness to be a non-conformist etc. may
be called as a socially matured person. The sensitive side of dealing with the adolescent social
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maturity is that, the society/culture of behavior to particular situation which is taught from the
childhood. If the adolescent is unable to behave as his age appropriate in the society he may
become socially immature. A small child can be accepted if he is socially immature but not the
adolescent. An immature adolescent creates problems with his social relations and family
relations. Thus a socially matured person is well accepted by the peers as well as society. So an
adolescent has to be socially matured. Thus, the social maturity has various aspects of social
abilities as self-sufficiency, occupational activities, communication self-direction and social
participation.
PERSONALITY
Personality is defined as a dynamic and organized set of characteristics possessed by a person
who uniquely influences his or her cognitions, emotions, motivations, and behaviors in various
situations. The word personality originates from the Latin persona, which means mask. In the
theatre of the ancient Latin-speaking world, the mask was not used as a plot device to disguise
the identity of a character, but instead was a convention employed to represent or typify that
character.
Personality is connected with Darwin's Theory of Evolution. It generally explains why there are
personality differences between individuals.Personality also refers to the pattern of thoughts,
feelings, social adjustments, and behaviors consistently exhibited over time that strongly
influences one's expectations, self-perceptions, values, and attitudes. It also predicts human
reactions to other people, problems, and stress. There is still no universal consensus on the
definition of personality in psychology.
Gordon Allport (1937) described two major ways to study personality: the nomothetic and the
idiographic. Nomothetic psychology seeks general laws that can be applied to many different
people, such as the principle of self-actualization or the trait of extraversion. Idiographic
psychology is an attempt to understand the unique aspects of a particular individual.
NEED AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
In todays society, children are more dependent on their parents. According to the research
conducted by Indian Paediatrics Association in 2002 about the social maturity of the children, it
was found that any kids embrace the entrance into the fascinating cultural and social that set
them apart from adults.
Social maturity has to do with how well people understand the nature of the social world they
live within. Social maturity is what enables us to function as healthy adults. Without it, we end
up having a difficult time ourselves, or causing a lot of difficult times for other people. A high
degree of social maturity has something to do with a high degree of social skill.
Children are by definition, socially immature, and nobody wants them to stay that the way as
they grow into adults. In fact, a great deal of difficulty involved in helping children finds their
way to become mature adults. It includes the development of social skills, psychomotor skills,
self-care skills, social development. Any types of diseases can interfere with these skills. Social
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immaturity is also quite frequently associated with long term alcoholism and drug abuse which
began in youth, and is frequently encountered by therapists treating clients who have been
abused as children. This study on social maturity will help the researcher to find out the levels of
social maturity among the school age children and there by behavior can be categorized. This
will enable the parents, teachers to deal effectively with their school age children and help them
to become mature adult.
The personality a factor determining quality of performance has become the key factor for
personal progress. Every human being whether a child or students possess a unique trait of
personality which is reflected in all his action to world life. The role of personality in human life
is very important for efficient learning, training and all round development of school students.
Hence, keeping the above background in mind the present study was undertaken.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Social Maturity of Senior Secondary School Students in relation to their Personality.
OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS USED
SOCIAL MATURITY
Raj, M. (1996) defines social maturity is a level of social skills and awareness that an individual
has achieved relative to particular norms related to an age group.
In the present study social maturity refers to score obtained on scale by Dr. R.P. Shrivastava,
1998.
SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT
Secondary School Students studying in class XII of Haryana state.
PERSONALITY
McCrae and Costa (1990) define personality as Dimensions of individual differences in
tendencies to show consistent patterns of thoughts, feelings and actions.
In the present study personality refers to score obtained on scale by Dr Mahesh Bhrgava.
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The objectives of the proposed investigation were:
1.
To study of social maturity and personality of senior secondary school students.
2.
To study relationship between social maturity and personality of senior secondary school
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To study difference between social maturity and personality of male and female senior
secondary school students.
HYPOTHESES
There exists no relationship between social maturity and personality of senior secondary
school students.
There exists no significant difference between social maturity and personality of male and
female senior secondary school students.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The present study is descriptive in nature. Descriptive research studies are designed to obtain
pertinent and precise information concerning the current status of phenomena and, whenever
possible, to draw valid general conclusion from the facts discovered. They are restricted not only
to fact findings but may often result in the formulation of important principles of knowledge and
solution of significant problems concerning local, state, national and international issues.
Descriptive studies are more than just a collection of data; they involve measurement,
classification, analysis, comparison and interpretation. So, the investigator chooses the survey
method to collect the valid and reliable data.
POPULATION AND SAMPLE
All the senior secondary school students studying in class XII of Haryana state in senior
secondary schools affiliated to Board of School Education Haryana Bhiwanicomprised of the
population of present study. In the present study a sample of 100 (50 male, 50 female) senior
secondary school students studying in class XII of senior secondary schools situated in Yamuna
Nagar District were selected through simple random sampling method.
TOOLS USED
Following tools were used to collect the data:
Social maturity scale was developed by Dr. R. P. Srivastava (1998).
DPI (Dimensional personality Inventory) by Dr. Mahesh Bhargava
DATA COLLECTION
First the researcher took the permission from the principal of the schools to collect the data.
Rapport was built with the subjects by the researcher. Instruction will be given to subjects as per
the directions given in the manual of the tests. Information given by the subjects was kept
confidential and only be used for research purpose. Both the tests were administered one by one.
Scoring was done as per the directions given in the manuals.

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RESULTS
DESCRPTIVE STATISTICS
TABLE-1 DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS OF SOCIAL MATURITY AND PERSONALITY
STATISTICS
SOCIAL MATURITY
PERSONALITY
Mean
41.20
66.41
Median
42.00
66.00
Mode
42.00
66.00
S.D.
6.49
15.60
Variance
42.16
243.65
Range
38
92.00
S.EM
0.649
1.56
Skewness
-0.784
0.131
Kurtosis
2.16
0.704
P25
37
57
P75
45
75
Table 1 shows the descriptive frequency of Social Maturity of senior secondary school students.
The obtained values of Mean, Median and Mode are 41.20, 42.00 and 42.00 respectively. And
the values of Standard Deviation (SD), Variance and Range are 6.49, 42.16 and 38.00
respectively. The value of skewness is -0.784 which shows that the curve is negatively slighted.
And the kurtosis value is 2.16 which is greater than the normal distribution i.e. 0.263. Thus, the
curve is Platkurtic.
Further, table 1depicts the descriptive frequency of Personality of senior secondary school
students. The obtained values of Mean, Median and Mode are 66.41, 66.00 and
66.00respectively. And the values of Standard Deviation (SD), Variance and Range are 15.60,
243.65and 92.00 respectively. the value of skewness is 0.131 which shows that the curve is
positively slighted. And the kurtosis value is 0.704 which is greater than the normal distribution
i.e. 0.263. Thus the curve is Platykurtic.

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CO-EFFICIENT OF CORRELATION
TABLE-2 COEFFICIENT OF CORRELATION BETWEEN SOCIAL MATURITY AND
PERSONALITY OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Variables
df
Level of Significance
100
99
-0.094**
P<0.01
Social maturity
Personality
** df/98 table value 0.05 = 0.195 and at 0.01 = 0.254
Table 2 shows that the researcher found the correlation value of Social Maturity and Personality0.094 which is less than the table value at df /98 which is 0.05= 0.195 and at 0.01=0.254.
Therefore , the null hypothesis stated earlier, there is no significant relationship in Social
Maturity and Personality of Senior Secondary students is accepted.
DIFFERENTIALS
TABLE-3 SIGNIFICANCE OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEAN SOCIAL MATURITY
SCORES OF MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS
Group
Mean
S.D.
Male
50
41.22
6.49
Female
50
41.80
6.59
S.Ed.
t-ratio
Level of significance
1.30
0.031**
P<0.05
**Not Significant at 0.05 df table value=1.98

It emerges from the Table 3 that the mean social maturity scores of male and female students are
41.22, 41.80 with S.D.s 6.49 and 6.59 respectively. The t ratio comes out to be 0.031. The
computed t-value is 0.031 which is less than the table value 2.63 and 1.98 at 0.01 level and 0.05
level of significance. It means that there is no significant difference between social maturity of
male and female students, which indicates that our null hypothesis is accepted. The difference
between mean and S.D. values of social maturity of male and female senior secondary school
students in shown below in figure-1:

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FIGURE1 BAR GRAPH SHOWING MEAN AND S.D. VALUES OF MALE AND
FEMALE STUDENTS
45
41.8
41.22
40
35
30
25
Male
20
Female
15
10
6.59
6.49
5
0
Mean
S.D.
TABLE-4 SIGNIFICANCE OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEAN PERSONALITY

SCORES OF MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS
Group
Mean
S.D.
Male
50
66.32
17.73
Female
50
66.50
13.33
S.Ed.
t-ratio
Level of significance
3.13
0.057**
P>0.05
**Not Significant at 0.05 df table value=1.98

Table 4 depicts that the mean personality scores of male and female students which comes out to
be 66.32, 66.50 with S.D.s 17.33 respectively. The t ratio between the personality scores of
male and female senior secondary school students is 0.057. As the computed t-value is 0.057
which is less than the table value 2.63 and 1.98 at 0.01 level and 0.05 level of significance. It
means that there is no significant difference between personality of male and female students,
which indicates that our null hypothesis is accepted. The difference between mean and S.D.
values of personality of male and female senior secondary school students in shown below in
figure-2.
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FIGURE-2 BAR GRAPH SHOWING MEAN AND S.D. VALUES OF PERSONALITY

OF MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS
70
66.5
66.32
60
50
40
Male
30
Female
17.73
20
13.33
10
0
Mean
S.D.
MAIN FINDINGS
Following were the main findings of the present study:
1. There is a positive relationship between social maturity and personality of senior secondary
school students.
2. There is no significant difference between social maturity of male and female secondary
school students.
3. There is no significant difference between personality of male and female secondary school
students.
EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS
In the light of findings the present study implies in the field of education in the following way:
Quality Education is a concern today and therefore the internal processes that ensure quality
education is the need of the hour. A good social maturity environment can have good personality
because Social Maturity enhances the personality of a person.The Qualities which reflects from
the personality of a student are thus honesty, competency, forward looking, inspiring intelligent,
fair minded, broad minded, courageous straight forward, imaginative and innovative.
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This study suggests that for better performance and achievement, the development and
maintenance of personality of senior secondary school students are essential.
This study focused on the special care needs in regarding their social environment and
school environment has to be given to the senior secondary school students.
As a student of 21st century, the child should be aware of the latest innovations,
researches and experiences in the field of education.
As a student child has to create a congenial environment giving least chances to internal
conflicts among the other students as well as the neighbors, for achieving the stipulated
objectives.
The findings of the study depicted that the academic achievements of a student
sometimes depend on the social maturity and personality.
DELIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

The Present study was delimited to the following:
1. secondary school students studying in class XII only;
2. sample of 100 students only;
3. study of only two variables i.e. social maturity and personality.
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