Social skills and parental involvement of adolescent students

The present research aims to study social skills and parental involvement of adolescent students of Amritsar city. A total of 200 students (boys and girls) of IX class of secondary schools (CBSE) were taken as respondents. Five schools were selected through lottery method. The results of the study indicates that there is a significant difference in social skills of adolescent students with respect to gender, which indicates that females have better social skills as compared to males. Whereas, it was found that adolescent students do not differ on the scores of social skills with respect to locale, type of family and working status of mothers. The study also revealed that there is no significant difference in parental involvement of adolescent students with respect to gender, locale, type of family and working status of mothers.