Socialising Children’s Negative Emotions in Early Education: Adapting and Validating a Scale for Teachers

ÜZÜM S., Filik R., DEMİRCAN H. Ö.

International Journal of Emotional Education, cilt.17, sa.1, ss.95-110, 2025 (ESCI, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 17 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.56300/gskv5108
  • Dergi Adı: International Journal of Emotional Education
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.95-110
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Coping with Children’s Negative Emotions Scale (CCNES-T), early childhood education, emotion socialisation, scale adaptation
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.