A Descriptive Study on the Level of Emotional Maturity and Stress Among Nursing Students in a Selected Nursing College at Kottayam

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to find out the level of emotional maturity in relation to the level of stress of first year BSc nursing students. The study was carried out in the Kottayam district's chosen nursing college. The subjects were first year BSc nursing students and the sample size was 53. The samples were selected through a simple random sampling technique. The tools used are a structured questionnaire to collect the baseline data and a standardized scale to assess the emotional maturity and stress among students. The findings of the study as are follows: among 53 subjects, 96.2% of them belong to the age group of 18–20 years. 90.5% of them were girls. 58.4% of them are from nuclear family and 62.2% belong to the family of two children. Regarding the level of emotional maturity, 81.1% of them belong to extremely unstable group. In terms of stress levels, the majority of them (75.4%) reported experiencing a high level of stress. When assessing correlation, it shows that a positive correlation exists between emotional maturity and stress. That means, higher the level of emotional instability, stress level also will be high. The study highlights the importance of being emotionally stable to achieve the goals of life.