RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY PROFILES AND EMOTIONAL MATURITY OF CHILDREN OF NON-WORKING MOTHERS

Abstract

The objective of the present study was to explore the relationship between personality profiles and emotional maturity of children of non-working mothers. A sample of 400 children of non-working mothers were randomly selected from the elementary schools of two districts Srinagar and Shopian of Kashmir valley. The sample subjects were comprised of 8th class students within an age range of 13-14years.  High school personality questionnaire (HSPQ) of Cattell (1969) and Emotional Maturity Scale of Singh and Bhargava (1990) were used to measure the Personality and Emotional Maturity of children of Non-working mothers. The data were analyzed by using mean, S.D and correlation. The result indicated that, there is Positive significant relationship between composite score of Emotional Maturity and with the factors of Personality viz: factor ‘A’ (Reserved v/s outgoing), factor ‘D’ (undemonstrative v/s over active), factor ‘E’ (submissive v/s assertive), factor ‘F’ (serious v/s happy-go-lucky) and factor ‘O’ (secure v/s insecure) of children of Non-Working mothers. It has been also found that there is negative significant relationship between composite score of Emotional Maturity and factor ‘C’ (emotionally less stable v/s emotionally stable), factor ‘I’ (tough-minded v/s tender minded) and factor ‘Q3’ (uncontrolled v/s controlled) of personality of children of non- working mothers.