HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURAL MODELING OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF ACADEMIC QUALITY AND SOCIAL MATURITY IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

This paper presents a structural framework for understanding social maturity as a multi-tier integrative construct bridging personal values, motivation, communicative competence, and reflective self-regulation in university students. Based on empirical investigations across N=350 students, a 4-tier Hierarchical Model of Social Maturity Development was established and validated. The mediational role of interpersonal reflection in interiorizing social values into behavioral responsibility is demonstrated, alongside formal implementation outcomes at Tashkent State Pedagogical University (Order No. PM-374).