• Dr.Pushpalatha.R

Emotional maturity is the ability to tolerate stress and be resistant to certain types of projections that affect the child or adult. Kaplan and Baron (1986) describe the characteristics of an emotionally mature person: say who can withstand delay in the gratification of needs. An emotionally mature child can make effective adjustments with himself, members of his family, his peers, society, and culture. Rotter (1966) for his part defined locus of control as a generalized expectancy of perceived internal or external control or the degree to which an individual perceives events as being contingent upon his or her behaviour or own relatively permanent characteristics, which are assumed to be stable under varying conditions. Individuals who believe that they can influence outcomes through their abilities, efforts, skills, and characteristics are designated as of internal orientation (internals). Those who perceive that outcomes are contingent upon external forces such as luck, chance, fate, and powerful others or believe that events are unpredictable because of the many complexities in the environment are designated as of external orientation (externals). The aim was to study the emotional maturity and locus of control among the working and non-working women. 60 women of whom 30 were working women and 30 were non-working women. The participants were residents of Bangalore. With the consent of the participants, they were administered the emotional maturity and internal and external locus of control scales. A purposive sampling technique was opted for the study. The mean, SD, and ‘t’ were computed using appropriate statistical measures. The results revealed that there was a significant difference in emotional maturity and locus of control among the working and non-working women.

Emotional maturity, Locus of control, Working and Non-Working Women.

"Emotional Maturity and Locus of Control Among Working and Non-Working Women", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no.105-110, February-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902H17.pdf

"Emotional Maturity and Locus of Control Among Working and Non-Working Women", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no. pp105-110, February-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902H17.pdf