Social Maturity of Prospective Teachers in Relation to Their Risk-Taking Behaviour

The present study aims to examine the relationship between social maturity and risk taking behaviour of the prospective teachers. Survey method of research has been used in this present study. Using the simple random sampling technique, 300 prospective teachers (141 male and 159 female) were selected from different colleges of education from Chennai district. The data were collected from the prospective teachers by using the tools, namely (i) Social Maturity Scale by Nalini Roa (1971) and (ii) Risk Taking Behaviour Inventory by Anbalagan and Annaraja (2008). The collected data were scored according to the scoring scheme and the scores were tabulated for the data analysis. Mean, standard deviation, 't' test, one-way ANOVA, and Karl Pearson's product moment correlation were used to analyze the data with the help of SPSS (Version 17.0). The analysed data were tabulated and tested with hypothesis. Finding shows that, there is a significant and positive correlation between social maturity and risk taking behaviour of the prospective teachers. It is also recommended that congenial atmosphere in the college, guidance and counseling services and necessary changes in the curriculum may enhance social maturity and risk taking behavior of the prospective teachers.