A Comparative Study on Emotional Maturity and Adjustment Level of College Students

Emotions play an important role in the life of an individual and one requires a higher emotional maturity to lead an effective life especially the college students who are observed to be highly emotional in their dealings need to be studied. An emotionally mature person has the capacity to make effective adjustments with himself members of his family, and his peers in the world, society and culture. As college students are the future and pillars of nation, so it is important to study their emotional maturity. Since college is a huge transition for freshers (first year students), it is a time for adjustment. The present study was undertaken to study the emotional maturity and adjustment level of college students. 52 boys and 52 girls within the age of 18 to 21 years from two Govt, colleges of Jammu were selected as a sample. Data was collected by administering Emotional Maturity scale by Singh and Bhargava. While adjustment inventory for college students (AICS) by Sinha and Singh was used to measure the adjustment level of college students. Normative survey method and Random sampling technique was used in the present study. The data obtained was analysed statistically and the study revealed that there is no significant difference in the emotional maturity and adjustment level of college going boys and girls.