Socio-Emotional E-Competencies Scale: The Study of Adaptation to Turkish, Validity and Reliability

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to adapt the Socio-Emotional eCompetencies Scale into Turkish and evaluate its psychometric properties. The study group consists of 455 adolescents (270 females / 185 males) aged between 14 and 18. The construct validity of the scale was examined by confirmatory factor analysis, and it was found that the five-factor structure consisting of 25 items was confirmed as in the original version. The Emotional Intelligence Scale was used for criterion-related validity, and a moderately significant positive correlation (r=.39, p<0.01) was found between socio-emotional e-competencies and emotional intelligence. The composite reliability (CR) and average variance extracted (AVE) for the Socio-Emotional eCompetencies Scale were calculated, and the convergent validity of the scale was established by finding that the CR values obtained for the scale and its factors ranged between .75 and .96, while the AVE values ranged between .40 and .58. The reliability of the Socio-Emotional e-Competencies Scale and its sub-scales was examined using Cronbach's alpha internal consistency coefficient. The Cronbach's alpha coefficients were found to be .87 for the emotional e-conscience subscale, .75 for the emotional e-regulation subscale, .78 for the e-self-control of impulsiveness subscale, .83 for the emotional eindependence subscale, .77 for the social e-competency subscale, and .77 for the whole scale. In addition, it was concluded that the corrected item-total correlations of the scale ranged between .39 and .74, and all differences between the %27 upper and lower groups were significant. The results of the study showed that the Socio-Emotional e-Competencies Scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool.