Emotional Maturity and Academic Achievement among Adolescents of Kashmir

Abstract

The research study was carried to explore the Emotional Maturity and Academic Achievement among adolescents of Kashmir. Descriptive survey method was used in the current study and the respondents were selected through stratified random sampling technique. To meet the required goal 400 secondary school students were selected as adolescents (200 males and 200 females) among them 200 each from government and private schools of Kashmir division. Kulgam and Baramullah district represented the south and north Kashmir respectively for data collection. The tools used for data collection were Emotional Maturity scale by Sabapathy (2017) and Academic Achievement means the aggregate marks obtained by the sample group of students from there previous year examination.  To analyze and interpret the data percentage, mean, S.D, t-test and pearsons product movement correlation method were used as statistical techniques. The result findings revealed that 10.25%, 55.25% and 34.50% of low, moderate and high emotional maturity were found among adolescents of Kashmir respectively. A significant difference was found between male and female adolescents of Kashmir on emotional maturity. A significant difference was found between government and private school students on academic achievement. A significant positive correlation was found between emotional maturity and academic achievement among secondary school students of Kashmir.