SOCIAL COMPETENCE AMONG BOYS AT PALANPUR CITY

CHAYA D. PATEL¹, SARITA SANWAL²*, SHEKHAR SERENE³, SURABHI SINGH^4
1Department of Human Development & Family Studies, ASPEE College of Home Science and Nutrition, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, Dantiwada, Banaskantha, 385506, Gujarat
²Department of Human Development & Family Studies, ASPEE College of Home Science and Nutrition, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, Dantiwada, Banaskantha, 385506, Gujarat
³Department of Human Development & Family Studies, ASPEE College of Home Science and Nutrition, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, Dantiwada, Banaskantha, 385506, Gujarat
⁴Department of Human Development & Family Studies, ASPEE College of Home Science and Nutrition, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, Dantiwada, Banaskantha, 385506, Gujarat
* Corresponding Author : sksanwal@sdau.edu.in

Received : 02-02-2018     Accepted : 24-02-2018     Published : 28-02-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 4       Pages : 5205 - 5206
Int J Agr Sci 10.4 (2018):5205-5206
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.9735/0975-3710.10.4.5205-5206

Keywords : Adolescence, School, Social, Peer Group, Environment & Competency
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author are thankful to Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, Dantiwada, Banaskantha, 385506, Gujarat
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

A large part of the adolescent social life is built around school-related activities. It is a new place where friendships are made and nurtured. High school is main setting in which adolescents spend time away from home. A competency is defined as a capability or ability that leads to a successful outcome. Social competence is defined as “the ability to achieve personal goals in social interaction while at the same time maintaining positive relationships with others over time and across situations. Adolescence is the stage of life stretching between childhood and adulthood. Vagueness and being harmonious with the new situation are the main characteristics of adolescent age. The Objectives of the present study was to examine and compare of social competence among high school going boy’s respondents. The present study aims to investigate the social competence among 80 respondents in the age group of 13 to 16 years studying in government and private high schools setting i.e., standards-IX and X at Palanpur city Banaskantha District of Gujarat State. “Social Competence Scale” (SCS) developed by V.P. Sharma, Dr. Kiran Shukla and Dr. Prabha Shukla a standardized tool was used for data collection. The statistical methods such as mean, standard deviation, correlation coefficient and Z-test were used for analysis of data. Results inferred that in overall respondents, social competence level of the government school boy respondents was found higher than the social competence level of private school boy respondents. The ‘r’ value revealed that Age had negative, but highly significant correlation with social competence of boy respondents. It can be concluded that boys respondents were socially unstable. The difference may be because of late occurrence of puberty in boys. Therefore, the boys get mature later.

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