Study on Emotional Maturity among College Students of Gujarat

Emotional maturity is that characteristic of emotional behavior which is generally attained by an adult after his adolescence period. Emotional maturity makes able to demonstrate a well- balanced emotional behavior in day-to-day life. A person is said to be emotionally mature when he or she feels proper emotion's in a proper situation and expresses it in a proper form. The present study aims to investigate the emotional maturity of SDAU students and differences of emotional maturity among girls and boys respondent. Total 280 respondents inclusive (140 girls and 140 boys) in the age group of 18 to 21 years were selected for the present study. The present study was conducted in on-campus colleges of Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University of Gujarat State. Simple random sampling procedure was followed to collect the data. The interview schedule consisted of questions pertaining to measurement of independent variable. A standardized scale on emotional maturity developed by Singh and Bhargava (2012) was used for the present study. Data was collected by personal interview technique. Statistical analysis was done by computing frequencies, percentages, mean, standard deviation; two sample independent t test and correlation were used in the study. The findings revealed that distribution of all respondents according to emotional maturity among overall respondent. It is describe that 53.21 per cent of the respondents belonged to low level, 40.71 per cent respondents belonged to medium level and 6.10 per cent of the respondents belonged to high level of emotional maturity among overall respondents. Emotional maturity among boys respondent it is describe that 50.71 per cent of the respondents belonged to medium level and 30.71 per cent of the respondents belonged to medium level of emotional maturity among girl respondents. The finding revealed that there is a significant difference between boys and girls respondent regarding emotional maturity among overall respondents. Among the varied dimensions of emotional maturity among overall respondents inferred first rank for Social adjustment and last rank for Independence. Emotional maturity among girl respondents inferred first rank for Social adjustment and last rank for Personality integration. Emotional maturity among boys’ respondents inferred first rank for Social adjustment and last rank for Independence in different dimensions of emotional maturity.