Construction and Validation of Parental Rating Scale from Children’s Emotional Intelligence (4-8 Years Old)

Hadi Kajbafnezhad*
Faculty Member, Department of Psychology, Behbahan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Behbahan, Iran.
Periodicity:February - April'2016
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.9.4.5972

Abstract

Emotional intelligence rating tools are not available for children, but mostly for children. So, the present study investigated the measurement and assessment of Emotional Intelligence in children with the age range of 4 -8 years old by parents (mothers) through a preliminary research-made questionnaire. This study was based on an exploratory-survey design. The samples of the study were 330 mothers of children (4-8 years), selected from Behbahan city which were selected through a Cluster Random Sampling. After testing with exploratory factorial analysis method, 3 factors with 45 questions were extracted. The results of the confirmatory factorial analysis based on the scores on parental form stated three factors such as : perception and expression of the emotion, emotional understanding and evaluation, and emotional management and regulation; and stated 22.11 percentage of variance in children’s emotional intelligence in total.

Keywords

Construction, Parental, Scale, Emotional Intelligence.

How to Cite this Article?

Kajbafnezhad, H. (2016). Construction And Validation of Parental Rating Scale from Children’s Emotional Intelligence (4-8 Years Old). i-manager’s Journal on Educational Psychology, 9(4), 16-20. https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.9.4.5972

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