EFFECT OF EMOTIONAL MATURITY LEVEL OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS ON THEIR ANXIETY

The purpose of the present study was to explore the effect of emotional maturity level of Pre-service teachers on their anxiety as well as an effect of gender, location and marital status of pre-service teachers on their Emotional maturity and anxiety. The sample consist of 309 B.Ed. course trainers (150 male and 159 female) randomly taken from private teacher training institutions of Bhopal City which are affiliated with Barkatullah University, Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh).To measure the emotional maturity and anxiety of pre-service teachers, Emotional Maturity Scale (EMS) developed by Dr. Yashvir Singh & Dr. Mahesh Bhargava and Comprehensive Anxiety Scale developed by Dr. Harish Sharma, Dr. Rajeev Lochan Bhardwaj & Dr. Mahesh Bhargava (2006) were used. Mean, SD, ANOVA and „t‟ test were used for analyzing the data. The result showed that there is significant effect of emotional maturity level of pre-service teachers on their anxiety. Male pre-service teachers are more stable in emotional maturity and low anxious as compare to their female counterparts. Emotional maturity and anxiety of pre-service teacher is independent of their location as well as marital status.