• ARUN KANT
• Dr. NARBADA DEVI

The current research was carried out to study the emotional maturity of prospective secondary school teachers with respect to family type and family environment. Utilizing the descriptive survey method, data was collected from a representative sample of 1200 prospective secondary school teachers, pursuing Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) in different teachers training colleges of Mandi, Kangra, Hamirpur and Bilaspur districts of Himachal Pradesh. The emotional maturity scale and family environment scale were used for collection of data. The techniques of descriptive statistics, Games-Howell Test and Analysis of Variance (Two Way) were used to analyze the data. The results revealed that the prospective secondary school teachers did not differ significantly in terms of their emotional maturity and type of family, further, prospective secondary school teachers having healthy, moderate and unhealthy level of family environment differed significantly from each other in terms of their emotional maturity. Furthermore, family type and family environment (in combination with each other) did not have significant difference on emotional maturity of prospective secondary school teachers. The implications of the study were suggested the necessity for family-oriented support and emotional competency training in teacher preparation. Implications for schools, policy makers, and teacher educators are clear in terms of promoting emotionally intelligent pre-service teachers.

Emotional Maturity, Family Environment, Prospective Secondary School Teachers.

"EMOTIONAL MATURITY OF PROSPECTIVE SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN RELATION TO FAMILY TYPE AND FAMILY ENVIRONMENT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 7, page no.g628-g634, July-2025, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2507690.pdf

"EMOTIONAL MATURITY OF PROSPECTIVE SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN RELATION TO FAMILY TYPE AND FAMILY ENVIRONMENT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 7, page no. ppg628-g634, July-2025, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2507690.pdf