PSYCHOLOGICAL MATURITY

How can you tell if

someone is psychologically
mature?

You notice by their

behavior and attitudes.
EMOTIONAL MATURITY
 •Bonding with others in a
EMOTIONAL MATURITY

supportive and constructive

manner.

•Keeping self-control and

balance in all things.

•Having the capacity to

tackle difficult and
demanding situations.
 • Control feelings
EMOTIONAL MATURITY

• Face difficult
situations calmly

• Settle differences
amicably
 • Learn to view
problems
EMOTIONAL.. (HOW?)

objectively

• Accept criticisms
graciously

• Express anger
and frustration
constructively
MENTAL (RATIONAL) MATURITY

• Being
dependable

• Willing to
undergo present
difficulty to
achieve future
goals

• Being orderly
 • BUILD SELF CONFIDENCE
MENTAL ( HOW?)

• Appreciate own good qualities

• Order life : self-discipline

• Set realistic goals and work

towards them gradually
 • Able to resist group pressure
when you believe you are right
SOCIAL MATURITY

• Able to admit wrong and can

manage to say sorry

• Can keep promises

• Failures are learning

experiences
 • appreciation for
others
Social (how?)

• Develop friendships
where your interests
can be shared

• Be willing to help
others
 Moral maturity is a
MORAL MATURITY

requirement in the person

who is to apply a body of
knowledge or a skill to the
solution of a problem, or to
the understanding of a
situation, if the knowledge
is not to remain abstract
and the skill potential
unrealized.
 Charactreristics of Moral maturity
MORAL MATURITY

•Independence of Judgment

•Justification by appeal to principles

•Consistency

• Getting the facts right

•Recognition of our Fallibility

• Tolerance
MORAL –SPIRITUAL MATURITY
• Willingness to work to
improve what can be
changed: learn from
mistakes

• Unselfish

• Take time regularly to think

about the meaning of what
is done : life

• Setting goals in faith

SPIRITUAL-MORAL (HOW?)

• IDENTIFY with people

with strong moral
value system

• Others oriented

• Set high ideals to work

towards