FAMILY RELATIONSHIP EMOTIONAL MATURITY AND ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION OF CHILDREN OF WORKING AND NONWORKING MOTHERS

Abstract

Family is only a small part of the social structure of modern industrial societies. It is within the family that the child is first socialized to serve the need of the society, and not only its own needs. A society will not survive unless its needs are met, such as the production and distribution of commodities, protection of the young and old or the sick and the pregnant, conformity to the law, and so on. Only if individuals are, motivated to serve these needs the society will continue to operate and family lays the foundation for that motivation is laid by the family. Emotional maturity gives an individual the relative freedom to live life in a systematic way. The individual has the sense to overcome the emotional disturbances. He is prepared to handle various situations tactfully. The individual keeps the balance while tackling various issues. Emotional maturity gives the confidence to an individual to face the various problems in life. Emotional maturity supports an individual to have good social relations; hence, it has importance in emotional balance. Achievement need is referred by the need for performing difficult tasks and to excel and shine in work. People in whom the need for achievement is strong seek to become accomplished and to improve their task performance. They are task oriented and prefer to work on tasks that are challenging and on which their performance can be evaluated in some way, either by comparing it with other people s performance or in terms of some other standard newline