SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE OF HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS

Abstract

The present study aims at finding out the social intelligence of higher secondary students in relation to their socio-economic status. Social intelligence scale by Chadha and Gananesan was administered to a random sample of 400 higher secondary students. Social Intelligence of higher secondary students was found to be high. The social intelligence scores of higher secondary students were found to differ significantly with resepect to caste, mother’s education and parent’s income. Differences with respect to gender, father’s education and mother’s occupation were not significant.