A STUDY ON EMOTIONAL MATURITY AMONG CO-EDUCATION AND SINGLE GENDER EDUCATION FEMALE STUDENTS OF DEGREE COLLEGE
Alice Chacko1 , Dr. Maria Chaudhury2
1Research Scholar, 2SupervisorDepartment of Psychology, Assam Don Bosco University, Guwahati
ABSTRACT: The purpose of the present study is to find the level of emotional maturity of female college students in co-educational and single-gender educational backgrounds and to examine the significant differences between them. Taming emotions is a process in which an individual learns to manage and control emotions according to the situation that necessitates achieving a desired outcome in life by becoming an emotionally mature individual. Emotional maturity is the ability to deal with emotions according to one’s age, identity, ideals, and values that in turn bring well-being and happiness to self and others. To arrive at the specified objectives of the present study descriptive method was followed. The sample for the present research was randomly drawn from different departments of two distinguished colleges in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. A total number of 100 college students from different departments were participated out of which 50 female students from single gender education and 50 female students from co-education. The data was collected by administering the emotional maturity scale developed by Singh & Bhargava (1999). The statistical analysis of the data was done with the help of SPSS. The results revealed significant differences in emotional maturity between co-education and single-gender education female college students. Co-education college female students have higher emotional maturity than single-gender education female college students.
KEYWORDS: Emerging Adulthood, Emotional Maturity, Co-Education, Single-Gender Education.