What is social maturity?--in terms of family studies?

Question

What is social maturity?--in terms of family studies?

Answer 1

family studies relate to the activities and well being of the unit.  parental relationship with children, grandparents. interactions with each other. eg divorce is a sign of social immaturity.  consultation rather than confrontation.  togetherness rather than dissension.

social maturity enables us to function as healthy adults. without it, we end up having a difficult time ourselves, or causing a lot of difficult times for other people. A high degree of social maturity has something to do with a high degree of social skill. A sociopath can evidence a lot of slick social skill, but that sociopath's ability to accurately represent the reality of the social word (e.g., to care about the fact that other people have feelings and lives) is likely to be severely delayed , and thus we would have to consider the sociopath to be fundamentally socially immature.

you want to be able to depend upon - to have as friends and family members. not fair-weather-friends you want to have a good time with, but the people you want to have as sources of comfort and advice when the going gets rough. u want to have socially and emotionally mature people around you in times of crises. Socially immature people are a blast at keg or cocktail parties, and make for exciting lovers, but due to their essential selfishness, they simply suck as spouses, and parents and grandparents, and as leaders of any variety.