Socialising Children’s Negative Emotions in Early Education: Adapting and Validating a Scale for Teachers
International Journal of Emotional Education, vol.17, no.1, pp.95-110, 2025 (ESCI, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 17 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 2025
- Doi Number: 10.56300/gskv5108
- Journal Name: International Journal of Emotional Education
- Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.95-110
- Keywords: Coping with Children’s Negative Emotions Scale (CCNES-T), early childhood education, emotion socialisation, scale adaptation
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
This study aimed to adapt and examine the cross-cultural validity and reliability of the Coping with Children's Negative Emotions Scale - Teacher Version (CNNES-T), which assesses the levels of early childhood (EC) teachers' perception of their reactions towards young children's negative emotions. For this purpose, two studies were carried out. In Study-I, the scale is adapted using a team translation technique, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses conducted to investigate the factor structure of the adapted scale with a sample of 720 EC teachers. Study-I revealed that the scale's factor structure differed from the original version. In Study-II, the structure of the scale was analysed by considering internal consistency estimates and confirmed with an adequate model fit via confirmatory factor analysis with a sample of 358 EC teachers. Findings supported the two-factor model of CCNES-T in the Turkish context, consisting of 48 items with good internal consistency coefficients.