20Mar 2017

DEVELOPMENT AND STANDARDIZATION OF MENTAL MATURITY SCALE FOR PRE-SERVICE STUDENTS.

  • Research Scholar, Lecturer, DIET, T.Kallupatti, Madurai-625702.
  • Assistant Professor, Alagappa University College of Education, Karaikudi – 630 003.
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The present study is designed to construct the mental maturity scale for pre-service teachers. The Mental maturity scale was developed and standardized by administering it on 55 randomly selected pre-service teachers of Madurai district and conducting item analysis to eliminate the inconsistent items in a tool. The final form of mental maturity scale consists of 42 items classified into 7 sections namely mental health, self-awareness, problem solving, cognitive self management, multiple intelligence, social attitude and emotional maturity. All the items of mental maturity scale are Likert type with five point rating.


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[T. Jayagandhi and M. Suganthi. (2017); DEVELOPMENT AND STANDARDIZATION OF MENTAL MATURITY SCALE FOR PRE-SERVICE STUDENTS. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Mar). 292-296] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3515      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3515