Emotional maturity of post graduate students

Emotional Maturity refers to one’s own ability to control emotions and how well an individual is able to respond to situations when dealing with others and faced with difficulties. The purpose of this study was to find the level of emotional maturity of 20–24 years students and to find out if there is significant difference between male and female in emotional maturity. A total number of 100 Post Graduate students of age 20-24 years old were selected randomly as sample for the present study from the hostels of Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat. Out of which 50 were males and 50 were females. The “Emotional Maturity Scale” standardized by Singh and Bhargava was utilized to assess the emotional maturity level of 20 – 24 years students. Frequency and percentage was calculated to find out the level of emotional maturity and mean, S.D., independent sample t-test have been used for data analysis. The findings of the present study revealed that majority of the respondents were emotionally immature and there is no significant difference between males and females in emotional maturity.