Influence of Social Maturity on Personality Traits of Urban and Rural High School Students
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2018-07
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University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad
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A study on “Influence of social maturity on personality traits of urban and rural high school students” was undertaken during 2017-2018 in University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad Karnataka on 480 students of urban and rural kannada medium high schools of Dharwad taluk. Social maturity scale was used to assess the social maturity. Millon adolescent personality inventory was used to assess the personality traits. The socio-economic status scale was used to measure the personal and familial factors. Results showed that, majority of the urban and rural high school students showed moderate behavior on social maturity. Social maturity was higher for urban students than rural students. Girls from both urban and rural area had higher social maturity when compared to boys. First borns and 10th standard students in urban area reported higher social maturity. Children of educated mothers possessed higher social maturity. With personality traits, urban students were high on introversive and cooperative personality traits. Rural students were high on inhibited, respectful and sensitive personality traits. Girls were high on cooperative, confident and forceful personality traits than boys. First borns in urban area were high on cooperative and forceful personality traits. Type of school was significantly associated with inhibited, cooperative, sociable, and confident personality traits in rural area. Where, private school students were high on inhibited personality trait and government school students were high on confident and forceful personality traits. There was a significant positive relationship between social maturity and cooperative, confident and respectful personality traits. In rural students, social maturity was positively correlated with confident personality trait and negatively correlated with introversive and sensitive personality traits. So, parents, teachers and administrators have to know about the personality of their children and for students to help them in building a well balanced personality.