Role of Home Environment in Emotional Maturity among Adolescents of Jammu City

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Pallavi Anand1, Mridula Bali2, Mohit Kumar Anand3, and Arti Bakhshi4 (Department of Psychology, University of Jammu, J&K1,2,4 , Department of Sociology, University of Jammu, J&K3)

Emotional maturity is one of the significant factors in deciding the happiness and stability of an adolescent’s life and home environment on the other hand determines development of certain emotional and social qualities among adolescents. This study aims to examine the impact of adolescent’s home environment on emotional maturity. The sample size for present study consisted of 180 adolescents falling in age group of 16-18 years from Jammu city. Emotional Maturity Scale by Singh and Bhargava (1990) and Home Environment Scale by Akhtar and Saxena (2013) were used for data collection. Pearson correlation and linear regression were applied and significant correlations as well as prediction results were found between the stated variables.