Assessment of Emotional Maturity in Patients During Recovery Following Closed Head Injury – A Comparative Study

Abstract

The present dissertation titled, ‘Assessment of Emotional Maturity in Patients During Recovery Following Closed Head Injury – A Comparative Study’, was done using the Emotional Maturity Scale (EMS-SB) on 40 patients of closed head injury selected from hospitals in Firozabad city of Uttar Pradesh. The patients ranged from age 28 years to 58 years. The scores of head injury patients were compared with the scores of individuals without head injury. The objective of the study was to assess and explore the level of emotional maturity in patients during the recovery phase after a closed head injury and compare it with the emotional maturity of individuals without head injury. The hypothesis was that the patients with closed head injury will exhibit lower levels of emotional maturity during the recovery period in comparison to individuals without head injury. The results revealed that the closed-head injury group had a significantly higher proportion of individuals who are extremely ‘EMOTIONALLY IMMATURE’ (95%) compared to the without-head injury group (8%). The absence of head injury was associated with better emotional regulation skills and more mature coping strategies, as evidenced by the higher proportion of individuals coming under the category of ‘EXTREMELY MATURE’ (47%) in the without head injury group compared to the closed head injury group (0%).