Author(s):

Vijayasree Bandikolla and Dr. A Violet

Abstract: The present study plans to observe and compare intelligence of normal and street children and also to study the association between levels of social maturity and intelligence of the subjects. One of the major social problems found by our nation is ‘Street Children’. To tackle this burning problem there is a need to conduct research on various related factors leading children to streets for their rehabilitation The total size of the sample of the subjects selected for the present research is 175 children of 12-15 years consists of 100 normal children and 75 street children. The children were subjected to Sharma’s non-verbal intelligence test to test the intelligence among normal and street children. There is significant difference between normal and street children with regard to their intelligence levels. The findings revealed that since majority of the parents of street children are illiterates, it reflect on the intellectual capacity of their child’s life. There is association between social maturity status and intelligence of normal children. On contrary no association was found between these variables in the case of street children.

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