International Journal of Education and Information Studies.

ISSN 2277-3169 Volume 3, Number 1 (2013), pp. 7-11

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A Study of Emotional Stability and Socio-EconomicStatus of Students Studying in Secondary Schools

Dr. Parsanjeet Kumar
Abstract
The aim of the present investigation was to measure the level of
emotional stability and socio-economic-status of secondary school
student studying in KV and public schools. Total numbers of 100
students were selected randomly from class VIII (both boys and girls)
50 from K.V. and 50 from public schools. The tools administered were
(i). Emotional Stability Test for children by Dr A. Sen Gupta and Dr A.
K. Singh: This test has been developed for the school going students of
class VI-VIII. ; and (ii) Socio-Economic-Status Index by Prof. R. K.
Verma and Prof. P. C. Saxena: This test measure the Socio-economicstatus of the subject in term of following dimensions: family status,
parent education, occupation, income, cast, dwelling area, possession
of few prestigious commodities, members of famous clubs, political
affiliation etc. It also gives weights to income tax as well as wealth tax
payers. Result showed that (i) There is no significant difference in
the average emotional stability of students studying in KV and Public
Schools. (ii) There is a significant difference in the overall average
socio-economic-status of students studying in KV and Public Schools.
Keywords: Socio-economic-status and emotional stability.

Introduction
Today, we live in highly ambitious and competitive society where each one of us
wants to show better than others. As a result most of us pretend to have higher status
than our peers. This can be seen easily in the field of education where most of the
parents prefer to have their ward in private school rather then in government school.
Even though 15 years before, there were very few public schools operating in any city
and KV contribute most of the education but now a days trend have been changed and
people do prefer Public schools even though they are very expensive. Today, children
in India are growing in a more challenging and demanding environment. The rate of

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change in every sphere is rapid with the enhanced knowledge exchange and
technology development, the world is going flatter. Globalization demands a new
dimension to our approach to education. We, thus have to recognize the need for a
globally relevant education. Such an education would mean imparting skills that
would develop mental agility in individuals to confidently interact and work in
diverse environs or situations. The school curriculum should be oriented such that
students embody self confidence and out of the box thought process. Therefore, the
focus is to strengthen competencies needed to be autonomous, lifelong learners, and
for a holistic development of the students who enter the school portals, a wide range
of multi-dimensional activities should be organized which go a long way in propelling
a self-belief, confidence in decision making and problem solving along with chiselling
of soft skills. The school curriculum should be oriented to bolster the physical,
emotional, social and cultural needs of the students. A strong requirement today is to
simultaneously weave a firm moral fiber in the students personality. The key to this
goal is to pursue a value based education process. The practice of value oriented
process acts as a nucleus around which all the school activities revolve. We should be
very conscious of the fact that emotional stability plays a very significant role in the
healthy growth of a child. One of the important tools to achieve this is through more
interaction and one to one rapport with the children. This open and interactive
approach also helps in discovering and strengthening inherent talent in the students.
All the school activities should be based on a participatory spirit that reduces the
inhibition levels of the students and thus assists the students in becoming aware of
their potential.

Emotional Stability
Emotional stability is not only one of the effective determinants of the personality
patterns, but it also helps to control the growth of adolescent development. The
concept of stable emotional behaviour at any level is that which reflects the fruits of
the normal emotional development. An individual who is able to keep his emotions
stable and under control even in extreme situations, might still be emotionally stunned
or be childish in his behavior sometimes. Therefore emotional stability is considered
as one of the important aspect of human life. Pupil must be able to control his/her
emotions adequately and also expressed them appropriately. Scott (1968) opined that
emotional stability as one of the seven important indicators of superior mental health.
It also affects the learning of the pupils. Emotional control may impair performances
in situations which require flexibility and adaptability on the part of the person or
pupil. If the pupil have no very little emotion control. It may lead to anxiety,
inferiority feeling and guild (Fandsen, 1961). It has also been found that if the people
want to be mentally healthy, these unhealthy feelings must be replace by the feeling
of self respect, security and confidence which can be achieve only after a good sense
of emotional stability emerges.
Emotional stability overcomes the fear generated by past errors; it also allows us
to pursue our superior ideals and be of service to others whenever we wish to do so. It

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neutralizes environmental instability and helps us to face pressures or facilities with

equal poise, refraining from excess and extravagance. When aware of our mission on
earth, we should set ourselves a goal and strive to attain it. We should neither stop nor
run, but walk on firmly and steadily, never disturbing others. Our faith in the truth of
everlasting life should help us to act serenely. We should ask ourself what we expect
from life, how we plan to achieve it and why we want it. According to Smitson (1974)
emotional stability is the process in which the personality is continuously striving for
greater sense of emotional health, both intra-physically and intra-personally. It has
been emphasized that the emotionally stable individual has the capacity to withstand
delay in satisfaction of needs, ability to tolerate a reasonable amount of frustration,
belief in long term planning and is capable of delaying or revising his expectations in
terms of demands of the situations. An emotionally stable child has a capacity to
make effective adjustments with himself, members of the family and his peers. It may
be suggested that some how emotional stability is related to person socio-economicstatus in some or other way.

Socio-Economic-Status
Socio-economic-status (SES) is an economic and sociological combined total measure
of a person's work experience and of an individual's or familys economic and social
position relative to others, based on income, education, and occupation. When
analyzing a familys SES, the household income earners' education and occupation
are examined, as well as combined income, versus with an individual, when their own
attributes are assessed. Socio-economic-status is typically broken into three
categories, high SES, middle SES, and low SES to describe the three areas a family or
an individual may fall into. When placing a family or individual into one of these
categories any or all of the three variables (income, education, and occupation) can be
assessed.

Hypotheses

There is no significant difference in emotional stability between the students

of K.V. and public schools.
There is no significant difference in socio-economic-status between the
students of K.V. and public schools.

Method and Procedure

Descriptive survey method of research was used.
Tools used:
Emotional Stability Test
This test has been developed by Dr. A. Sen Gupta and Dr A. K. Singh for school
going students of class VI-VIII. This test is reliable and valid.

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Socio-Economic-Status Index
This test has been developed by Prof. R. K. Verma and Prof. P. C. Saxena: This test
measure the socio-economic-status of the subject in term of following dimensions:
family status, parent education, occupation, Income, cast, dwelling area, possession of
few prestigious commodities, members of famous clubs, political affiliation etc. It
also gives weights to income tax as well as wealth tax payers. This test is reliable and
valid.
Sample
Only 100 student of class VIII (both boys and girls) are included in the sample, 50
ssfrom K.V. and 50 students from three different Public schools.

Result and Discussion

Table-1: Emotional Stability Index score.

Mean
S.D
Size
t Value

KV
6.64
2.36
50

Public School
6.46
2.19
50
0.48

From the above table no-1, it can be interpreted that with respect to emotional
stability index, students of KV and public schools differ significantly.
Table-2: Overall Socio-Economic-Status Index scores

Mean
S.D
Size
t Value

KV
55.78
10.54
50

Public School
67.91
15.97
50
-6.12

From the above table no-2, it can be interpreted that with respect to overall socioeconomic- status, students of KV and public schools differ significantly in socioeconomic-status.

Findings

There is no significant difference in the average emotional stability of students

of K.V. and Public schools of Greater Noida.
There is a significant difference in the overall average socio-economic-status
of students of K.V. and Public schools of Greater Noida. .

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Conclusion
Students of public schools and KV of Greater Noida are almost equally, emotionally
stable. Therefore, null hypothesis for emotional stability is accepted.
Students of public schools have higher socio-economic-status than students of
K.V. of Greater Noida. Therefore, null hypothesis for socio-economic status is
rejected both at 99% and 95% confidence level.

Summary

There is no significant difference in the average emotional stability of students

of KV and public schools in Greater Noida.
There is a significant difference in the overall average socio-economic-status
of students of KV and public schools in Greater Noida.

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