An analytical study of adolescents' psychosocial competence in relation to parent-child perceptual adaptability

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The modem world is in need for people with a complex identity who are intellectually autonomous and prepared to cope with uncertainty, who are able to tolerate ambiguity and not be driven by fear into a rigid, single solution approach to problems, who are rational, foresightful and look for facts, who can draw inferences and can control their behaviour in the light o f foreseen consequences, who are altruistic and enjoy doing for others, and who understands social forces and trends (Havighurst, 1971). There is no other word, other than COMPETENCY, to encompass all these attributes. Thus, the attainment o f competencies is an important aspect in an individual's life. Every individual is eager to gain new knowledge and skills, not only because the rapidly developing society demands o f it, but also because it is a response to an inner urge for the expression o f the need for order, understanding, and predictability, one o f the most important psychosocial needs, with regard to the happenings in the external world. This also results in the development o f the drive to challenge oneself, to broaden one's horizons and to realize one's goals.