07.02.02 What is Emotional Maturity?

What is Emotional Maturity? 

Emotional maturity is the ability to recognise, manage and express one’s emotions in a responsible manner. Described often as the glue that holds relationships together, emotional maturity encompasses a person’s mental and emotional readiness to form a stable, trusting and lasting partnership. As discussed in chapter one, emotional maturity is ‘emotional intelligence’ sustained over a long period of time, to the extent that it becomes one’s second nature.