Relationship between Emotional Maturity and Personality traits among Adolescents
Journal Title: INDIAN JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH - Year 2019, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
Background and Objectives: Adolescent is the most vital stage of development. Many physiological and psychological changes are taking place at this stage. Emotional and personality development play an important role in emotional independence and identity formation in adolescents. This study aims to find correlation between Emotional Maturity and Personality Traits among Adolescents. Methods: Purposive sampling technique was used to collect sample of 300 students from 5 SSC board schools in western suburbs of Mumbai. Further, sixty students of 9 grade were selected from each school. Sixteen Personality Factor Test (16 PF) was used to analyze Personality traits and Emotional Maturity Scale was used to measure Emotional Maturity among adolescents. Results: Results revealed that, in terms of personality traits adolescent respondents were found to be warmhearted, affected by feelings, feel few obligations, conscientious, stubborn, socially bold, dependent, and suspicious. They were found to be practical, wrapped up in inner urgencies, experimenting, and selfconflicted, frustrated and group dependent.They were also found to be concrete thinkers,prudent,taciturn,and realistic. Conclusion: On scale of emotional maturity most of adolescent respondents were found to be emotionally extremely unstable. There was positive correlation between total score for emotional maturity and personality traits dominance, privateness, warmth, sensitivity, abstractedness, and apprehension. Rest other traits reasoning, emotional stability, self-reliance and perfectionism, rule-consciousness, social boldness, vigilance, openness to change and tension had negative correlation with emotional maturity. These results can be recommended to schools to incorporate various programs to furnish adolescent’s emotional and personality developmental needs
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Swati Patrani, Pranjali Bhakre
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- DOI 10.30877/IJMH.6.1.2019.90-96
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