EMOTIONAL MATURITY AMONG ADOLESCENTS
Keywords:
adolescent, emotion and maturityAbstract
he purpose of the study was to investigate the level of emotional maturity of adolescents and compare
adolescents in terms of sex and locality on emotional maturity. The researcher employed descriptive survey method which
was included quantitative method of data collection approach. Total sample of 100 subjects were contacted personally from
the rural and urban schools of Haridwar district. The sample was equally classified into rural and urban and further into
boys and girls using stratified random sampling technique. Emotional Maturity scale prepared by Dr. Yashvir.Singh &Dr
Mahesh .Bhargava (2012) was used for data collection. Mean, SD, ANOVA and correlation were applied for the purpose.
The major findings of the study were (1) boys and girls differ significantly in emotional progression, a dimension of
emotional maturity; (2) there exists significant difference between rural and urban adolescents in independence, a dimension
of emotional maturity.
