MENTAL HEALTH AMONG POST GRADUATE STUDENT IN RELATION TO THEIR EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE & SOCIAL MATURITY

Mental health defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realises his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully and is able to make a contribution to his or her community (WHO, 2007). The purpose of the study was to reveal the effect of Mental Health among post graduate student in relation to their Emotional Intelligence & Social Maturity. This was an empirical research with a sample of 200 students studying into college selected randomly from Jind city of Haryana. The study was conducted through descriptive survey method. Emotional Intelligence test by Zainuddin and Ahamed (2008) & Mental Health Battery by Singh & Gupta (2000) & social maturity scale by Srivatava. Two-way Anova was applied to find out the effect of Emotional Intelligence, Social Maturity & gender on Mental Health. The finding revealed: 1) There is significant main & interaction effect of emotional intelligence and gender on mental health of post graduate students. 2) There is no significant main & interaction effect of social maturity and gender on mental health of post graduate students.