RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HOME ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR: A CASE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL

Kamran Nawaz Chuhan; Liaqat Hussain; Asia Gul

Kamran Nawaz Chuhan M. Phil Scholar, Qurtuba University, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
Liaqat Hussain Institute of Education & Research, Gomal University, D. I. Khan
Asia Gul Teacher, University Public School, Gomal University, D. I. Khan

Keywords: Home environment, social behavior, Factors (sociological, psychological & economic).

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the relationship of home environment with social behavior of the secondary school students in District Dera Ismail Khan (D.I.K). Home environment plays a vital role in the process of Social Development. All the male secondary level students of Government schools in District D.I.K were the population of the study. 600 male science students of the 10^th class from 12 selected schools was the sample of the study. Questionnaire related with home environment was constructed after going through literature review. Similarly, in order to know about the social behavior, social distance scale was developed. Questionnaire and social distance scale were made valid and reliable. Five null hypotheses were tested to investigate the relationship between home environment and social behavior of the students. Pearson product moment correlation was used for the analysis of collected data. Findings showed that no significant relationship existed between home environment and social behavior. Therefore, it was concluded that all the variables of the study have no significant relationship with social behavior.