Emotional Maturity and Decision Making Among Undergraduate Students

Abstract

In this Present Era, emotional maturity plays a vital role for college students, as it helps them to improve academic performance, manage stress in different situations, build better social relationships and influence decision-making with different alternatives. The main purpose of the present study is to evaluate emotional maturity and decision-making among undergraduates with a focus on gender differences. The sample consisted of 120 college students from Coimbatore district, with an equal number of male and female participants (n=60 each). The students’ ages ranged from 17 to 20 years. The Emotional Maturity Scale (48 items) by Yashvir Singh and Mahesh Bhargava and The General Decision-Making Style Questionnaire (25 items) by Scott and Bruce were used as tools. The study found that students of both genders exhibited moderately unstable emotional maturity, and the majority preferred intuitive decision-making styles. On a gender basis, there is no significant difference between emotional maturity and decision-making, and there is a weak positive association between the two variables. The findings of this study suggested that these samples need counseling to improve their emotional maturity and capacity for decision-making.