Impact of Emotional Maturity Level on Stress of Adolescents with Respect to Demographic Factor Gender and Parents Education Level

As emotions do play central role in the life of an individual, one is expected to have higher emotional maturity in order to lead a effective life. It is also true that our behavior is constantly influenced by the emotional maturity level that we possess. Especially, the adolescents who are observed to be highly emotional in their dealings need to be studied. In view of this, an attempt is made in present study to find out the impact of emotional maturity of adolescents on their stress and self confidence. Sample of the study consists of 225 boys and 225 girls studying in XI and XII class at Indore city M.P. State, India. The scales such as emotional maturity (Singh&Bhargav, 1994) and Students' Stress Scale (Deo, 1997) were administered on the selected sample. Along with responses to the above scales, some personal data information were also collected from the sample. The obtained responses were scored and converted to standard (T) scores, further subjected to 't' test and ANOVA. The findings revealed that the adolescents with level of emotional maturity have significantly effect on stress when compared to those with respect to gender and parents education level.