Emotional Maturity among Young Adults A Comparative Study

The present research is attempted to ascertain emotional maturity among young adults in relation to gender and their living status. For the said purpose, the study was carried out among 200 young adults aged 21-23 years and they were selected purposively from different post graduate departments of Tripura University. Among them 100 were males and 100 were female students. Again out of 200 postgraduate students 50% were staying with their family members and the rest 50% were staying at university hostel. Emotional Maturity Scale developed by Singh & Bhargava was used for data collection. Findings revealed that the male students were emotionally more mature than the female students. Further both the hosteller and day scholar postgraduate students differ significantly in regard to their emotional maturity.