Impact analysis of age and family income on adolescent social maturity

Abstract

Adolescent social development is the stage of life when children and adolescents establish their social and personal identities, expand their social networks, and differentiate between acquaintances and close peers. During this process the social environment has an effect on both the maturation of the interpersonal brain and the increased influence of the peer group. The goal of the current study was to assess the relation of age and income class with adolescent’s social maturity. The sample belong to Bikaner city, Rajasthan (N=100). In order to evaluate the social maturity of respondents, Rao's Social Maturity Scale was used. The study found that adolescents from families with high income had substantially more personal adequacy and less social adequacy than those from other family classes. Late-adolescents were shown to be socially matured as compare to their counterparts.