Impact of Parental Encouragement on Social Maturity among Adolescents

The present study was conducted to examine the impact of parental encouragement on social maturity among adolescents. 2x2 factorial design was used. Data was collected from 120 high school students using stratified sampling technique. Equal number of boys and girls were chosen on the basis of high and low parental encouragement. Parental encouragement level was decided by using scale developed by Sharma(1987) and Social maturity scale developed by Rao (1986) was used to measure the various dimensions of social maturity. Means, SDs and F test were used. Results indicated significant difference between the adolescents having high and low parental encouragement on total social maturity, work orientation, communication and cooperation. Gender difference was observed on self direction, social commitment and social tolerance. Interaction effect was significant for cooperation, a dimension of social maturity.