EMOTIONAL MATURITY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR GENDER AND TYPE OF SCHOOL

Emotional maturity means right decision taken in a right time in a right manner. We observe in our environment and surroundings, emotional maturity is very vital to all inhabitants for living with peace and harmony in their life. The current study intended to identify the emotional maturity among secondary school students in relation to their gender and type of school. The sample consists of 200 school students of private and government school. Out of which 100 were from private school students and 100 from government. The data was collected from Mandi District of Himachal Pradesh. Emotional Maturity Scale (EMS) developed by the researcher was used for data collection. Mean, SD & t-test were used for data analysis. The findings revealed that there exists no significant difference in emotional maturity of male and female students but students from private and government school shows a significant difference in their emotional maturity. The study revealed that the students who studying in private schools are emotionally more matured as comparison to students belonging to government school.