Emotional maturity and marital adjustment among corporate couples

By Jadav Mahendrakumar S

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1805450425
• ISBN13: 9781805450429
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Prakharpravachanyt
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"