Psychometric Indexes Students' of the Social Emotional Competence Questionnaire ( (SECQ)

The purpose of this study was to assess psychometric indicators of students' Social- Emotional Competence Questionnaire (SECQ). The sample size of this study was 518 high school female students selected by random sampling method from public secondary schools in Tehran and responded to the questionnaire. The results of exploratory factor analysis by main components method, in addition to general emotional-social competence, have 5 factors (self-awareness, social consciousness, self-management, relationship management and responsible decision-making) for the students' emotional-social competence questionnaire (SECQ), approved. To verify the reliability of the questionnaire, the Cronbach's alpha coefficient and the method of re-examination were used and a confirmatory factor analysis was used to determine its validity. The results showed that the questionnaire had acceptable internal consistency, and the Cronbach's alpha coefficients were below 0/77 to 0/80 in the sub-scales. The reliability of the questionnaire was obtained through a 0/86 test which was significant at the level of p