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A Comparative Study on Emotional Maturity of

Secondary School Students in Lakhimpur District of
Assam
Dr. Anil Mili

Head, Department of Physical Education, Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills, Doimukh-791112

Abstract: The present study investigated the emotional maturity of secondary school students in Lakhimpur district of Assam.The
study was conducted on five hundred class-X students by giving due representation to boys (250) and girls (250) as well as rural and
urban localities of Lakhimpur district. The 20 Government and Private secondary schools were selected using stratified random
sampling technique, and students were selected using simple random sampling technique.The descriptive survey method is used for data
collection using Emotional Maturity Scale (M. Bhargava and Y. Singh, 1990). The finding of the study reported that there was not any
significant difference in various areas of emotional maturity of government and private school students; no significant difference in the
emotional maturity level of boys and girls school students; and there is no significant difference between in the emotional maturity level
of rural and urban secondary school students of Lakhimpur district of Assam.

Keywords: Emotion, Maturity and Secondary School Student

1. Introduction private aided, private unaided, corporation and government

schools which was based on the stratified proportionate
Education is a man making process according to Swami random sampling technique. Students were selected from
Vivekananda. Whatever sober the human mind, nurture the both Kannada and English medium schools. In his study he
human mind, nourish the human mind, sooth the human found that manifest anxiety was negatively and significantly
mind will be accounted the real purpose of education. related to achievement in mathematics, achievement in
Education is a means to maintain the mental equilibrium. general science, achievement in social studies and total
Maintenance of Emotions is the end product of the academic achievement. Emotional maturity was positively
education.Emotional maturity is the key to a happy and and significantly related to achievement in mathematics,
fulfilledlife. Without which, the individual falls an easyprey achievement in general science, achievement in social
to the dependencies and insecurities. In the present studies, and total academic achievement. Social maturity was
circumstance, youth as well as children are facing significantly and positively related to achievement in general
difficulties in life. These difficulties are giving rise to many science only, but not to achievement in mathematics or total
psychosomatic problems such as anxiety, tensions, academic achievement. Girls were higher achievers in
frustrations and emotional upsets in the day-to-day life. mathematics, general science and social studies when
Emotional Maturity is a measure of one‟s capacity to create compared to boys. Students from English medium schools
in a positive mental attitude. Emotional Maturity is the scored higher in all areas of academic achievement over
process of impulse control through the agency of self. students from Kannada medium schools. Students from
Morgan (1924) stated the view that an adequate theory of private schools scored higher than students from government
Emotional Maturity must take an account of the full scope of schools. Emotional maturity, socioeconomic status and social
the individual powers and his ability to enjoy the use of his maturity turned out to be significant predictors of total
powers. According to Walter D. Smithson (1974) Emotional academic achievement.
Maturity is a process in which the personality is
continuously striving for greater sense of emotional health Aggarwal (2007) found significant correlation between
both intra-psychically and intra-personally. Emotional emotional stability, overall adjustment, and academic
Maturity actually is, “A process of readjustment, the infant achievement, intelligence measures of mental health and
learns under parental supervision what situations after social maturity of adolescents. Findings indicated no
permissible opportunities for emotional reactions and to significant correlation between autonomy, security-
what extent, so that primitive elemental psychological insecurity, self-concept measure of mental health and social
response that we call „emotion‟ becomes patterned in maturity of adolescents.
accordance with approved from the expression and
repression favoured by culture,” Frank (1963). Surjit Singh, and Parveen Thukral, (2011) conducted a
study on “Emotional Maturity and Academic Achievement
2. Review of Related Study of High School Students”. The objectives of the study
were: 1.To investigate the relationship of emotional maturity
Sabapathy (1986) conducted a Study on the “Relationship of with academic Achievement of high school students; and
Manifest Anxiety Emotional Maturity and Social Maturity of 2.To see the sex and regional difference on the basis of their
standard X Students to their Academic Achievement”. The emotional maturity. The sample comprised of 400 students
study used a sample of 574 boys and 531 girls selected from of class X, out of them 200 were boys(100 rural and 100

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urban) and 200 were girls (100 rural and 100 urban). The Secondary Level”. The study attempted to analyze the
sample was collected by using multi-stage random sampling various aspects of emotional maturity and self-concept
technique. The tool used was Emotional Maturity among higher secondary students. In this study they found
Scale(EMS) developed by Singh and Bhargava(1990). The that there was a significant difference between male and
findings of the study were: 1.There exists no significant female students of higher secondary course in respect to their
relationship between emotional maturity and academic Emotional Maturity and Self-Concept. It also found that
achievement. 2. No significant differences were observed there was no significant difference between rural and urban
between boys and girls and rural and urban students on the area residence students of higher secondary course in respect
basis of their emotional maturity. to their Emotional Maturity and Self-Concept. It was found
that there was a significant difference between government
Singh, Rashee (2012) made a study on a comparative study and government aided school students of higher secondary
of rural and urban senior secondary school students in course in respect to their Emotional Maturity and Self-
relation to emotional maturity. She found no significant Concept. It was found that there was no significant difference
difference between rural and urban, male and female, rural between parent‟s educational qualifications of higher
male and rural female and urban male and urban female secondary course students in respect to their Emotional
senior secondary school students in relation to emotional Maturity and Self-Concept. It was found that there was no
maturity. significant difference between parent‟s occupations of higher
secondary course students in respect to their Emotional
Sharma, Bharti (2012) made a study on the adjustment and Maturity and Self-Concept. At last the findings in this study
emotional maturity among first year college students. The indicated a positive relationship between emotional maturity
purpose of this study was to study the emotional maturity and and self-concept.
adjustment levels during the first year of college with
specific emphasis on each domain of adjustment to measure Dutta, Jadab et al., (2014), conducted a study on “A
the importance of each domain to the student. The first year Comparative Study of Delinquency Prone and Non-
undergraduate students in this study were found to have low Delinquency Prone Adolescents with regards to Self-
level of adjustment where social, emotional and educational Concept, Emotional Maturity and Academic Achievement in
areas are concerned. They were expected to encounter more Assam”. This study is conducted on a sample of 500
adjustment related problems especially in the social and adolescents comprised of 200 delinquencies prone and 300
emotional context. The first year students were less non-delinquencies prone adolescents selected randomly from
emotionally mature and thus faced difficulty in adjusting 12 secondary and higher secondary schools. The descriptive
emotionally to the changing demands of the environment survey method is used for data collection using Lidhoo‟s
than the final year undergraduates. Because of the familiarity Delinquency Proneness Scale (1989), Self-concept
with the surroundings, their integration is more into the Questionnaire (R.K. Saraswat), Emotional Maturity Scale
social fabric of the college. (M. Bhargava and Y. Singh), and the Students Performance
Record from the School. The study reported that delinquency
Rajakumar (2012) conducted “A study on Higher Secondary prone adolescents have low self-concept, low emotional
Students‟ Emotional Maturity and Achievement in maturity and poor academic achievement than that of non-
economics in Tirunelveli District”. The study used a sample delinquency prone adolescents. Further, the study showed the
of 1060 higher secondary students. The tool used to find out positive co-relation among self-concept, emotional maturity
the Emotional Maturity was constructed and standardized by and academic achievement. In another study conducted by
Emotional Maturity Scale Constructed and Validated by Pranab, Jadab and Soni(2015)found that on (i)there exists a
K.M.Roma Pal (1984). The Academic achievement in highly statistically significant relationship about self-concept
Economics was found out using the tool constructed by the among adolescents with respect to their delinquency
investigator. The mean value of Emotional Maturity scores proneness. The level of self-concept is high among
(136.53) indicates that the higher secondary students are adolescents with non-delinquency proneness than that of
having extremely unstable Emotional Maturity. The mean those who has proneness to delinquency. Therefore, the null
value of Achievement in Economics scores (M=75.47) hypothesis formulated here is rejected; (ii)the self-concept of
indicated that the higher secondary students were having female adolescents who have proneness to delinquency is
high Achievement in Economics. There was significant comparatively higher than male. Therefore, the null
difference between male and female, Day scholar and Hostel hypothesis is rejected(iii)the level of self-concept is found
staying Higher Secondary students with respect to their better among male non-delinquency prone adolescents in
Emotional Maturity. There ass no significant difference comparison to female. So the null hypothesis is rejected; (iv)
between rural and urban, Government and Aided Higher The non-delinquency prone male adolescents possess better
Secondary school students with respect to their Emotional self-concept than delinquency prone one. So, here also the
Maturity. There was significant difference between male and null hypothesis is rejected; (v)the non-delinquency prone
female Higher Secondary students with respect to their female adolescents possess better level of self-concept than
Achievement in Economics. There was no significant delinquency proneness counterpart. Therefore, the null
difference between rural and urban, Day scholar and Hostel hypothesis is rejected;(vi) The delinquency prone adolescents
staying, Government and Aided Higher Secondary school possess a lower level of emotional maturity than non-
students with respect to their Achievement in Economics. delinquency prone counterpart. So, here also the null
hypothesis is rejected;(vii)the emotional maturity of
Panimalar, Sasikumarand Parimala (2013) conducted “A delinquency prone female adolescents is comparatively lower
Study on Emotional Maturity and Self-Concept at Higher than male counterpart. Therefore, the null hypothesis is
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rejected;(viii)the level of emotional maturity is found better 1) To study the emotional maturity of government and
among female non-delinquency prone adolescents in private secondary school students of Lakhimpur district
comparison to male. So, the null hypothesis is of Assam.
rejected;(ix)the male delinquency prone adolescents have a 2) To find out the difference between rural and urban
lower level of emotional maturity than the male adolescents secondary school students in relation to emotional
with non-delinquency proneness. So, the null hypothesis is maturity of Lakhimpur district of Assam.
rejected and (x)the female adolescents with non-delinquency 3) To compare the gender differences between a. rural b.
proneness possess a better level of emotional maturity than urban c. governmentd. private in relation to emotional
delinquency proneness counterpart. Therefore, the null maturity of secondary school students of Lakhimpur
hypothesis is rejected. district of Assam.

Dutta. Jadab, Chetia. Pranab &Soni. J.C (2015), conducted a 3.3 Hypotheses of the Study
study on “A Comparative Study on Emotional Maturity of
Secondary School Students in Lakhimpur and Sonitpur The hypotheses are stated as under:
Districts of Assam”. This study is conducted on a sample of 1) There is no significant mean difference in emotional
1000 Students, out of 1000 students 500 boys and 500 girls maturity of government and private secondary school
selected randomly from 32 Government and Private students of Lakhimpur district of Assam.
secondary schools of both districts of Assam. The 2) There is no significant mean difference between ruraland
descriptive survey method is used for data collection using urban secondary school students in relation to emotional
Emotional Maturity Scale (M. Bhargava and Y. Singh maturity of Lakhimpur district of Assam.
(1990). The finding of the study reported that there are 3) There is no significant mean difference between male
major differences in the emotional maturity of secondary and female of government secondary school students in
school students of both districts whether they belong to rural relation to emotional maturity.
and urban male/female, government and private 4) There is no significant mean difference between male
male/female, rural male/female and private rural male/ and female of ruralsecondary school students in relation
female secondary schools students. This study also showed to emotional maturity.
that there is a no difference between urban male/female, 5) There is no significant mean difference between male
private male/female and private urban male and female and female of urbansecondary school students in relation
secondary students of both the districts on emotional to emotional maturity.
maturity. 6) There is no significant mean difference betweenmale and
female of privatesecondary school students in relation to
3. Need of the Study emotional maturity.
7) There is no significant mean difference between rural
Emotional Maturity is said to be the foundation for leading a male and female of privatesecondary school students in
happy and contented life. If anyone lacks Emotional relation to emotional maturity.
Maturity the life of the individual will be a sorrowful affair. 8) There is no significant mean difference between urban
It is a process which the personal is continuously striving for male and female of privatesecondary school students in
greater sense of emotional health both intra-psychically and relation to emotional maturity.
intra-personally. In the present circumstances, youth as well
as children are facing many difficulties in life. These 3.4 Methodology of the Study
difficulties are giving rise to many psycho-somatic problems
such as anxiety, tension, frustration and emotional troubles The Descriptive approach is used in the study. The present
in day-to-day life. So, the study of emotional life is now study is a comparative study on Emotional Maturity of
emerging as a descriptive science, comparable with Secondary School Students in Lakhimpur District of Assam.
anatomy. It deals with an interplay of forces with intensities Keeping in view the nature of study, the survey method was
and quantities. The emotionally mature is not the one who found to be more suitable.
necessarily has all conditions that arouse anxiety and
hostility but it is continuously seeing himself involved in a 3.4.1 Population of the Study
struggle of healthy integration of feeling, thinking The population of the present study constitutes all the
action.This motivates the Investigator to conduct a secondary school students studying in class X who are the
comparative study on Emotional Maturity of Secondary emotionally mature of Lakhimpur district of Assam.
School Students of Lakhimpur District of Assam.
3.4.2 Sample of the Study
3.1 Statement of the Problem The sample is of small number of representative individuals
from the population. This study is conducted on a sample of
The problem of the present study has been stated as follows: 500 Students, 250 boys and 250 girls selected randomly
“A Comparative Study on Emotional Maturity of from 20 Government and Private secondary schools of
Secondary School Students in Lakhimpur District of Lakhimpur district of Assam. The schools were selected
Assam” using stratified random sampling technique.

3.2 Objectives of the Study

The study is designed with the following objectives:

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3.4.3 Tools Used Table 3:Mean, Standard deviation and t-value of male and
Emotional Maturity Scale by Singh and Bhargave (1990) female government secondary school students.
was employed by the researchers for the purpose of data Emotional Group N Mean Standard t-value Remarks
collection. Maturity deviation
Male 186 116.65 20.48 Not
3.4.4 Statistical Techniques Used Female 186 114.85 25.095 0.76 Significant
In this study various statistical measures such as Mean, SD
and t-test are used. It is found that the mean scores of government male and
female students are 116.65 and 114.85 respectively. The
4. Result and Discussion computed t-value between their mean differences is 0.76
which is not found significant at 0.05 level. Hence the
Collected data through above mentioned inventories were hypothesis is accepted. Therefore male and female students
analyzed in terms of mean, standard deviation and t-test of government schools are found to have some level of
method. The results have been presented in the tables. emotional maturity.

Hypothesis 1: There is no significant mean difference in Hypothesis 4: There is no significant mean difference
emotional maturity of government and private secondary between male and female of rural secondary school students
school students of Lakhimpur district of Assam. in relation to emotional maturity.

Table 1: Mean, Standard deviation and t-value of the Table 4: Mean, Standard deviation and t-value of the male
government and private secondary school students. and female of rural secondary school students
Emotional Group N Mean Standard t-value Remarks
Group N
Mean Standard t-value Remarks
Maturity deviation
deviation
Male 125 115.13 22.59 Not
Emotional Government 372 115.75 22.89 9.16 Highly
Female 125 115.10 22.93 0.01 Significant
Maturity Private 128 98.07 17.26 Significant

It is found that the mean scores of both male and female of

It is found that the mean scores of both government and rural students are 115.13 and 115.10 respectively. When the
private students are 115.75 and 98.07 respectively. When the t-test was applied to compare the mean scores of both the
t-test was applied to test the significance of the mean groups, it was found that the calculated t-value (=0.01) is less
difference between these groups, it reported a t-value than the table value 1.97 at 0.05% level of significance. This
9.16.This was found to be highly significant. Hence means that the mean difference is not significant. Hence
hypothesis is rejected. This means that there is a great hypothesis is accepted. This further means that male and
difference in emotional maturity of government and private female of rural secondary school students have similar level
secondary students of Lakhimpur district. of emotional maturity.
Hypothesis 2: There is no significant mean difference Hypothesis 5: There is no significant difference between
between rural and urban secondary school students in male and female of urban secondary school students in
relation to emotional maturity of Lakhimpur district of relation to emotional maturity.
Assam.
Table 5: Mean, Standard deviation and t-value of the male
Table 2: Mean, Standard deviation and t-value of the rural and female of urban secondary school students.
and urban secondary school students Emotional Group N Mean Standard t-value Remarks
Group N Mean
Standard t- Remarks Maturity deviation
Emotional deviation value Male 125 109.07 20.51 Not
Maturity Rural 250 112.1 21.74 1.22 Significant
Female 125 105.60 24.28
Students 0.85 Not
Urban 250 110.35 24.04 Significant
students It is found that the mean scores of both male and female of
urban students are 109.07 and 105.60 respectively. When the
It is found that the mean scores of both rural and urban t-test was applied to compare the mean scores of both the
students are 112.1 and 110.35 respectively. When the t-test groups, it was found that the calculated t-value (=1.22) is less
was applied to compare the mean scores of both the groups, than the table value 1.97 at 0.05% level of significance. This
it was found that the calculated t-value (=0.85) is less than means that the mean difference is not significant. Hence
the table value 1.96 at 0.05% level of significance. This hypothesis is accepted. This further means that male and
means that the mean difference is not significant.Hence female of urban secondary school students have similar level
hypothesis is accepted. This further means that rural and of emotional maturity.
urban secondary school students have similar level of
emotional maturity. Hypothesis 6: There is no significant difference between
male and female of private secondary school students in
Hypothesis 3:There is no significant mean difference relation to emotional maturity.
between male and female of government secondary school
students in relation to emotional maturity.

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Table 6: Mean, Standard deviation and t-value of the male reported real difference in overall between government and
and female of private secondary school students private secondary school students.
Emotional Group N Mean Standard t-value Remarks
Maturity deviation 6. Suggestions for Further Research
Male 64 98.88 19.96 Not
Female 64 97.28 14.19 0.52 Significant
1) Studies can be carried out in relation to emotional
maturity of students at whole level.
It is found that the mean scores of both male and female of 2) The present study is conducted on class-X students.
private students are 98.88 and 97.28 respectively. When the Similar studies may be undertaken on this variable at the
t-test was applied to compare the mean scores of both the other levels of education as well.
groups, it was found that the calculated t-value (=0.52) is less 3) In the present study cross sections that have been
than the table value 1.98 at 0.05% level of significance. This investigated are male/female, rural/urban and
means that the mean difference is not significant. Hence government/private. Many others cross sectional
hypothesis is accepted. This further means that male and comparision of various other categories of students like
female of private secondary school students have similar poor/rich, tribal and non-tribal studying in
level of emotional maturity. government/private schools may be carried out.
Hypothesis 7: There is no significant difference between
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