INFLUENCE OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT ON EMOTIONAL MATURITY AND SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT AMONG WOMEN SPORTS PARTICIPANTS

Abstract

The present study aimed to examine the influence of parental interest on emotional stability and social adjustment among women sports participants. A total of 312 female students aged 17–23 years, studying in various colleges affiliated with Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India, were selected as the sample for the study. Emotional stability and social adjustment were considered as dependent variables, while parental interest served as the independent variable. Data were collected using the Emotional Maturity Scale developed by Singh and Bhargava (1991) and the Parental Support Scale developed by Nandwana and Asawa (2006). The collected data were statistically analyzed using the independent t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), with the level of significance set at 0.05. All statistical analyses were performed using the SPSS statistical software package. The findings revealed that parental interest did not have a statistically significant influence on emotional stability and social adjustment among women sports participants.

Keywords
Parental interest, Emotional Maturity & social Adjustment