Construction and validation of emotional intelligence test for police students of Amin University of Law Enforcement Sciences

Today, in addition to having specialized and practical knowledge and skills, the police need the ability to communicate effectively, self-control in the face of job pressures and stresses, all of which are derived from emotional intelligence. This research was carried out with the aim of designing and building a police emotional intelligence tool. This research is a mixed (combined) exploratory research that was conducted in two parts. The first part included 9 professors of the University of Law Enforcement Sciences, 7 of whom were male and 2 women, and in the second part, which included the students of Amin University of Law Enforcement Sciences, both male and female, 206 people were selected by simple random sampling. The first part was formed through a focus group meeting and using the results of the first stage, the items of the instrument were compiled and its psychometric process including the determination of face validity, content validity, construct validity using confirmatory factor analysis and determining the reliability of the instrument was carried out. Test In the data analysis, the sub-components of emotional intelligence were identified in the two dimensions of effective communication and good behavior; Effective communication: it contained 6 sub-themes and good manners also contained 6 sub-themes. This tool is one of the suitable psychometric criteria for evaluating the emotional intelligence of the police, so it can be used to evaluate the emotional intelligence of the police in the police university.