International Journal of Education and Psychological Research

(Print and Online Peer Reviewed Journal)


Print - ISSN: 2349 - 0853
e - ISSN: 2279 - 0179

VOLUME 10 - ISSUE 1

(March 2021)

Comparison of Social Skills of Secondary School Students in terms of Gender and Type of Family


Authors: Dr. Purnima Srivastava , Archana Mittal

Pages: 59-63

Abstract:

Social skills help an individual to behave according to the social norms and able him to be adjusted in the society. The present research aims to study the social skills of the secondary school students with respect to their gender and type of family. The objective of the study was to find the difference in the social skills of secondary school boys and girls of joint and nuclear family on all the dimensions of social skills. For this research survey method was adopted. A sample of 200 secondary school students was selected from the eight Government Inter Colleges of the two blocks of district Haridwar i.e. Roorkee and Bahadarabad. The sample included 100 boys and 100 girls. 80 students belonged to joint family while 120 students belonged to nuclear family. Social Skills Rating Scale developed and standardized by Vishal Sood, Arti Anand and Suresh Kumar was used to collect the data. Mean, S.D. and ‘t’ test under parametric statistics were employed to analyze the data. The findings revealed a significant difference in the skill of concern for others, relationship skills, communication skills, self-care skills and problem solving skills of secondary school students in terms of gender. Girls had better skill of concern for others and communication skills but boys had better relationship skills, self-care skills and problem solving skills. There was a significant difference in the skill of concern for others, relationship skills, communication skills, self-care skills, problem solving and social skills of secondary school students in terms of type of family. Students of joint family had better skill of concern for others, relationship skills, communication skills, self-care skills and social skills while students of nuclear family had better problem solving skills.