Emotional maturity and scholastic performance of Bachelor of Science in Psychology students at University of Rizal System / Cardel P. Piguing, Marites M. Punzalan, Desiree S. Suarez.

Thesis Bachelor of Science in Psychology University of Rizal System 2018

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This studywas undertakento determine the level of Emotional Maturity and Scholastic Performance of Bachelor of Science in Psychology Students in University of Rizal System Tanay Campus. The descriptive type of research was used in this study. Standardized Psychological test was utilized as the main instrument in gathering data. The analysis and interpretation of data was aided by percentage and arithmetic mean. The Bachelor of Science in Psychology students, School of Science and Education of University of Rizal System Tanay Campus served as the respondents of the study. Based on the preceding findings the majority of the respondents belong to the age bracket of 17-21 years old, most of them were female, fourth year has the higher number of students, in terms of birth order, second born has the higher number, most of the father of the respondents finished High School level, most of the mother of the respondents were High School level, and most of the respondents earned a monthly family income of 5,001-10,000. With respect to the extent of emotional maturity of the respondentsmen have an Extremely High verbal interpretation while women got an Above Average verbal interpretation. As the results, the emotional maturity of men is better than women. This indicates that men are more matured than women. The level of scholastic performance of the respondents based on the result is Fair.It indicates that their emotional maturity quotient is high but not in grades in term of their performance. Based on the results, there is no significant relationship between emotional maturity and scholastic performance of the students. The computed P-value of the respondents is greater than 0.05 level of significance, the null hypothesis is failed to reject which means there is no significant relationship. It was concluded from the study that majority of the respondents are 17-21 years of age, female, 4th year, second born child, and parents educational attainment was high school and has a family income of 5,001 - 10,000.Generally, the emotional maturity of men is higher than women and their scholastic performance were verbally interpreted as fair. Furthermore, there is no significant relationship between ones emotional maturity and scholastic performance. Based on the findings and conclusion of the study, it is hereby, recommended that the guidance office should continue administering a standardized psychological test to determine the emotional maturity quotient of the students as a part of admission requirements and proposes a program to enhance the personality of the students.