Emotional Maturity of Tribal and Non-Tribal Pre – Adolescents: A Study of Gandhari Region in Nizamabad District

Abstract

Scheduled Tribes in the Gandhari area of Nizamabad District in Telangana State is interior area in the state. It is the most primitive area where tribal are living. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of gender, community culture and type of school on emotional maturity of tribal and non-tribal pre-adolescents in Gandhari area. Present study sample comprised of 150 students. Their age range was 13 to 16 years. To assess emotional maturity, Emotional maturity scale. After careful examination of data results indicate that gender played a significant role in emotional maturity, females performed significantly better than the males, non-tribal children were better than their tribal counterparts and type of school also played significant role, where students of private schools had better emotional maturity than students of government schools.