Emotional Maturity Scale

EMOTIONAL MATURITY SCALE
AIM:
To measure the emotional maturity of the subject on different factors like emotional stability,
emotional progression, social adjustment, personality integration and independence using the
Emotional Maturity Scale.
MATERIALS REQUIRED:
 Emotional Maturity Scale by Yashvir Singh
 Scoring key
 Writing materials
DESCRIPTION OF THE TEST:
The Emotional Maturity Scale was constructed by Yashvir Singh and Mahesh Bhargava.
Developing on the factors proposed by Mohsin in his scale, the authors of this scale prepared
a list of five broad factors of emotional maturity which are given below:
 Emotional Stability – It refers to the characteristics of a person that does not allow
him to react excessively or give in to mood swings or marked changes in any emotive
situation. The emotionally stable person is able to do what is required of him in any
given situation. The opposite of it is emotional instability which is a tendency to quick
changing and unreliable responses.
 Emotional Progression – It is the characteristic of a person that refers to a feeling of
adequate advancement and growing vitality of emotions in relation to the environment
to ensure a positive thinking imbued with righteousness and contentment. The
opposite of this is emotional regression which involves feelings of inferiority,
restlessness, hostility, etc.
 Social Adjustment – It refers to the process of interaction between the needs of a
person and demands of the social environment in any given situation, so that they can
maintain and adapt a desired relationship with environment. A socially maladjusted
person shows a lack of social adaptability including hatred, lying, boasting, etc.
 Personality Integration- It refers to the process of firmly unifying the diverse elements
of an individual’s motives and dynamic tendencies, resulting in harmonious coaction
and de-escalation of inner conflict. The opposite of this is disintegrated personality as
manifested by phobias, pessimism, rationalization, immorality, etc.
 Independence – It is the capacity of a person’s attitudinal tendency to be self-reliant or
of resistance to control by others, where he can take his decisions by his own
judgement or facts by utilizing his own intellect and creative potentialities. A
dependent person shows parasitic dependence on other and is egoistic and lacks
“objective interests.”
The reliability for the scale was established using test-retest method and internal
consistency method. The reliability was found to be 0.75 in test-retest method and 0.42-0.86
in the internal consistency method.
The scale was validated against external criteria using the Gha area of the adjustment
inventory for college students by Sinha and Singh. The Gha area measures emotional
adjustment of college students. The value was found to be 0.64.
INSTRUCTIONS:
In the following pages are 48 statements about yourself. Five possible modes of responses are
provided, such as Very much; Much; Undecided; Probably and Never. Read each statements
carefully and mark tick in any one of the five alternative responses given. This response must
indicate your level of agreement with the content of the statements. Do not think too much
while answering. Your responses will be kept confidential.
SCORING:
The items are so stated that the response very much yields a score of 5, much yields a score of
4, undecided yields a score of 3, probably yields a score of 2 and never yields a score of 1.
Add the scores of all the items to get the total raw score. Add the items belonging to different
factors to yield the dimension wise score.
INTERPRETATION:
OVERALL SCORE
SCORE INTERPRETATION
50-80 EXTREMELY EMOTIONALLY
MATURE
81-88 MODERATELY EMOTIONALLY
MATURE
89-106 EMOTIONALLY IMMATURE
107-240 EXTREMELY EMOTIONALLY
IMMATURE
DIMENSION WISE SCORE INTERPRETATION UPTO DIMENSION D

1-12 EXTREMELY STABLE
13-25 STABLE
26-37 UNSTABLE
38-50 EXTREMLY UNSTABLE
DIMENSION WISE SCORE INTERPRETATION FOR DIMENSION E

1-10 EXTREMELY STABLE
11-20 STABLE
21-30 UNSTABLE
31-40 EXTREMLY UNSTABLE
RESULTS:
Table I shows dimension wise scores, total score and the interpretation of the subject in the
Emotional Maturity Scale
DIMENSION/FACTORS RAW SCORE INTERPRETATION
Emotional stability
Emotional Progression
Social Adjustment
Personality Integration
Independence
Total scale score
Table II shows total score and interpretation of the group in the Emotional Maturity Scale
S.No. Subject Initials Raw score Interpretation
GENERAL DISCUSSION:
 According to Walter D. Smitson (1974) emotional maturity is a process in which
the personality is continuously striving for greater sense of emotional health,
both intra-psychically and intra-personally.
 Kaplan and Baron elaborate the characteristics of an emotionally mature person,
say that
 He has the capacity to withstand delay in satisfaction of needs.
 He has the ability to tolerate a reasonable amount of frustration.
 He has belief in long-term planning and is capable of delaying or revising
his expectations in terms of demands of situations.
 An emotionally mature child has the capacity to make effective
adjustment with himself, members of his family, and his peers in the
school, society and culture.
But maturity means not merely the capacity for such attitude and functioning but also the ability
to enjoy them fully.
 According to Bernard (1954) following are the criteria of mature emotional

behaviour:
(i) Inhibition of direct expression of negative emotions.
(ii) Cultivation of positive, up building emotions.
(iii) Development of higher tolerance for disagreeable circumstances.
(iv) Increasing satisfaction from socially approved responses.
(v) Increasing dependence of actions.
(vi) Ability to make a choice and not broad about other choices.
(vii) Freedom from unreasonable fear.
(viii) Understanding and action in accordance with limitations.
(ix) Awareness of the ability and achievement of others.
(x) Ability to err without feeling disgraced.
(xi) Ability to carry victory and prestige with grace.
(xii) Ability to delay the gratification of impulses.
(xiii) The enjoyment of daily living.
 Benefits of being emotionally mature

 Consequences of being an emotionally immature person
 Ways to improve one’s emotional maturity
INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION:
 Reasons for the degree of stability across different factors
 Reasons for the degree of maturity in the total scale
 How does the score reflect in the person’s character?
 Ways to help the subject transition from low stability/maturity to high
stability/maturity
GROUP DISCUSSION:
 The interpretation of emotional maturity of the group based on total score
 Are there any subjects who are at the extreme low end? Write down the initials
 What is the possible reason for this low score?
 How can they improve?
 If there are no low scorers then discuss the reasons for the overall interpretation of the
group
CONCLUSION:
1. The subject has total raw score of ____ and is _______________.
2. The subject is ________ in emotional stability, ___ in emotional progression, __ in
social adjustment, _____in personality integration and ________in independence.
3. The group is _________ in the emotional maturity scale.

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EMOTIONAL MATURITY SCALE

DIMENSION WISE SCORE INTERPRETATION UPTO DIMENSION D

DIMENSION WISE SCORE INTERPRETATION FOR DIMENSION E

 According to Bernard (1954) following are the criteria of mature emotional

 Benefits of being emotionally mature

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