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Emotional Maturity of Higher Secondary School Students of Madurai District
Vincentthaninayagam, V., & Malliga, K.
ABSTRACT
The present study aims to find out the emotional maturity of higher secondary school students of
Madurai district. Survey method was used and a sample of 200 randomly selected students participated
in the study. A questionnaire was used as the instrument to assess emotional maturity. T-test and ANOVA
were applied to test hypotheses and determine whether there were significant differences among groups
based on demographic variables.
Results revealed that:
• Male and female students do not differ significantly in emotional maturity,
• Rural and urban students differ significantly in emotional maturity,
• Government and private school students do not differ significantly.
The study recommends that school curriculum should include programs to enhance emotional maturity.
Keywords: Emotional maturity, higher secondary students, adolescent development, emotional
stability, Madurai district
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons
Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted
use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
How to cite this article: Vincentthaninayagam, V., & Malliga, K. (2017). Emotional Maturity of Higher
Secondary
School Students of Madurai District. Indian Educational Researcher, 10(2), 22–30.
Received: October 22, 2017;
Revision Received: November 30, 2017;
Accepted: December 16, 2017.
Responding Author: Vincentthaninayagam, V. @ vincent@gmail.com
Article Overview: ISSN: 0974-2123 |
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