Normalization of emotion control scale

How to Cite:Hojatoolah TahmasebianHabibolah KhazaieMokhtar ArefiMahshid SaeidipourSeyed Ali HoseiniNormalization of emotion control scale.J Kermanshah Univ Med Sci.18(6):e74087.https://doi.org/10.22110/jkums.v18i6.1691.

Abstract

Background: Emotion control skill teaches the individuals how to identify their emotions and how to express and control them in various situations. The aim of this study was to normalize and measure the internal and external validity and reliability of emotion control test.

Methods: This standardization study was carried out on a statistical society, including all pupils, students, teachers, nurses and university professors in Kermanshah in 2012, using Williams’ emotion control scale. The subjects included 1,500 (810 females and 690 males) people who were selected by stratified random sampling. Williams (1997) emotion control scale, was used to collect the required data. Emotional Control Scale is a tool for measuring the degree of control people have over their emotions. This scale has four subscales, including anger, depressed mood, anxiety and positive affect. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS software using correlation and Cronbach's alpha tests.

Results: The results of internal consistency of the questionnaire reported by Cronbach's alpha indicated an acceptable internal consistency for emotional control scale, and the correlation between the subscales of the test and between the items of the questionnaire was significant at 0.01 confidence level.

Conclusion: The validity of emotion control scale among the pupils, students, teachers, nurses and teachers in Iran has an acceptable range, and the test itemswere correlated with each other, thereby making them appropriate for measuring emotion control.

Keywords

Emotional intelligence

emotional control

normalization

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Hojatoolah Tahmasebian:[PubMed][Scholar]
Habibolah Khazaie:[PubMed][Scholar]
Mokhtar Arefi:[PubMed][Scholar]
Mahshid Saeidipour:[PubMed][Scholar]
Seyed Ali Hoseini:[PubMed][Scholar]