Abstract :
Background: Maturity is the potential to respond to the environment in a suitable manner. This response is
normally realized as an alternative than instinctive, and is no longer decided with the aid of one's age. Emotional maturity
is characterized by way of ability to end up fascinated in things and persons; to do things for their very own sake, to
supply love to other persons. By keeping these things in mind the researcher has planned to study the emotional maturity
of the secondary school students studying at Kalahandi and Bolangir districts of Odisha. Aims: The aim and objective of
the study is to analyze the emotional maturity of the secondary school students of Kalahandi and Bolangir districts of
Odisha. Method: The sample was selected to match the study and help in achieving the purpose of the study. A sample of
1000 secondary school Students was selected for the present research. Out of a 1000 secondary school students 500 boys
and 500 girls chosen randomly from 32 Government and Private secondary schools Kalahandi and Bolangir district of
Odisha by using purposive sampling method. The researcher has adopted descriptive research design for this study and
using Emotional Maturity Scale developed by Bhargava and Singh (1990) for data collection. Statistical Analysis Used:
Data emerging from the mentioned studies have been statistically analyzed for comparing mean scores and computing
the magnitude on emotional maturity of secondary school students in Kalahandi and Bolangir districts of Odisha,
respectively. Findings: 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 both districts of Odisha.
Keyword :
Emotional Maturity & Secondary School Students.