A Study of Emotional Maturity of Secondary School Students

Author Name : Asst Prof. Mrs Priya Patange

ABSTRACT

 Emotional maturity refers to ability to understand, and manage, emotions. Emotional maturity enables to create the life desire. A life filled with happiness and fulfillment; define success in our own terms, not societies, and strive to achieve it. Emotional development is one of the major aspects of human growth and development. The aim of the present study is to examine the emotional maturity level among the secondary schools students.The researcher used the standardized   Emotional Maturity Scale  (EMS) developed by Dr Yashvir Singh (Agra) and Dr Mahesh Bhargava (Agra) 1984.

 The total Sample for the present study is consisted of  100  students of  Secondary English medium school from Dombivli ( Thane District).. For sample selection, stratified random sampling technique was used.

The reliability was calculated which were 0.72. After analysis of the results, it was found that all secondary  School students are  emotionally matured. The results revealed that there is no significant difference in Emotional Maturity of  Secondary School  students based on their Gender and Location.

Keywords: Emotions, Maturity, Emotional Maturity and School