Development of a Database of the Frequently Used Emotional Vocabulary of 4~6 Year Olds

Whei-Jane Wei

 

University of Taipei

1, Aiguo West Road, Taipei 10048, Taiwan, R. O. C.

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Abstract: 

Young Children Emotional Competency Scale (YCECS) [1] is a standardized tool assessed by teachers. Is it possible to directly measure emotional competency of 4- to 6-year old? Is database of frequently used emotional vocabulary (DFUEV) significantly correlated with YCECS? How reliable and valid are DFUEV? Instruments comprise developing 40 emotional theaters and 5 rating scoring standards. Procedures include selecting 200 4- to 6-year-old and conducting experiments. Findings indicate inter-rater reliability of 96.9% and criterion-related validity reaching significant.

 

Keywords: 

database, emotional competency, young children

pages: 

337-342

DOI: 

https://doi.org/10.35745/ecei2019v2.087

Year: 

2019

Published in: 

2nd Eurasian Conference on Educational Innovation 2019

Full paper download: 

337-342.pdf