Introduction:
Emotional Maturity is one of the vital components of personality
which characterizes Multi-trait non-cognitive psychological concept.
According to Walter D. Smithson (1974), Emotional maturity is a process
in which the personality is continuously striving for greater sense of
emotional health, both Intra-psychically and Intra-personality. Emotional
Maturity or stability might be considered as a potential factor in any field
of life. Guilford (1956) has prepared a matrix of temperamental factors of
emotional maturity whereas Bernard (1965) has mentioned few
characteristics of emotionally matured persons. Bhargva and Sharma
(1993) found that while studying the sex differences in Emotional Maturity
both. The group of adolescents (sports person) differed significantly in
emotion regression of independence. Female scored higher on emotional
regression whereas male showed themselves higher on social
maladjustments and lack of independence. Actually, emotional maturity is
not only the effective determinant of personality pattern but it also helps to
control the growth of adolescent's development. The concept 'mature'
emotional behavior of any level is that which reflects that fruits of normal
emotional development.
1.2 Maturity:
The concept of maturity has not received a great deal of explicit
attention in the literature. Delineation of libidinal development has been
yielded the important formulation of the "Genital level" and "objectinterest (Freud, 1924)". Recent emphasis on the conflict between the
regressive, dependents, versus the progressive, productive forces in the
personality has directed interest toward the more detailed nature of
maturity.
