Volume 2 : Issue 3 (2015)

SOCIAL SKILLS OF ADOLESCENT OF GANDHINAGAR DISTRICT

Human beings are inherently social. Developing competencies in this domain enhance a person’s ability to succeed in life as well as positively influence mental health, increase perfromance level at work place, and help one become a good citizen most suited for the democracratic society. This paper discusses the relation of social skills of adolescents in the context of gender, intelligence, area, level of education and their physiological problems. The results revealed that there was a significant difference of mean score of social skills inventory in relation to gender, IQ, level of education of parents and level of psychological problems. Whereas there was no significant difference in relation to the area. Further, the results show negative correlation between level of social skills and intensity of psychological problems. It suggests that socially competent adolescents have less psychological problems.

Social skills, psychological problems

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