Impact of Emotional Immaturity on Mental Wellbeing and Physiological Symptomology in Emerging Adults: Mediating Role of Distress Tolerance

The present study investigated the impact of emotional immaturity on mental well-being and physiological symptomology with mediating role of distress tolerance in emerging adults. To recruit the research participants, convenient sampling technique was employed. Sample comprised of N=382 emerging adults of age between 18 to 25 years (M = 21.55, SD = 2.55). The Warwick–Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS; Tennant et al., 2007), Somatic Symptom Scale-8 (SSS-8; Gierk et al., 2014), Emotional Maturity Scale (EMS; Singh & Bhargava, 1990) and Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS; Simons & Gaher, 2005) were used to measure the variables under study. The result implied that emotional immaturity emerged as a significant negative predictor of mental well-being and a significant positive predictor of physiological symptomology. Whereas distress tolerance emerged as significant positive and significant negative predictor of mental wellbeing and physiological symptomology respectively. Distress tolerance had a significant role as a mediator in the relationship between emotional immaturity, mental well-being, and physiological symptomology. Gender emerged as significant moderator in relationship between emotional immaturity and mental wellbeing. The current research provided the insight of how emotional maturity and distress tolerance can enhance mental well-being and reduce the physiological symptomology in emerging adults.