The investigation of validity and reliability of Emotional Creativity questionnaire

The main purpose of this research is investigation of validity and reliability of emotional creativity Averil questionnaire.

The present research method is descriptive-correlational. The sample group consisted of 501 teachers selected from Parsian, Assaluyeh, Shibkuh, Koushkonar, Chahmobarak cities from Hormozgan and Bushehr Provinces. Sampling was be done by random-stratified method and from the sample group, 298 males and 203 females selected. Minimum and Maximum age of teachers who according to the questionnaire respondents were 24 and 56 years old.

The Validity of emotional creativity questionnaire assessed with exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). EFA is done with principal components and rotated with Promax method. Three factors is assessed consist preparation, novelty and effectiveness/authenticity. Result of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) also showed that the three factors of emotional creativity were acceptable and goodness fit with research experimental data of the hypothesized model. Reliability of emotional creativity questionnaire assessed with Alpha Cronbach’s Coefficient method. Alpha Cronbach’s coefficient emotional creativity questionnaire and three factors consist preparation, novelty and effectiveness-authenticity assessed in order 0/88, 0/80, 0/78 and 0/83.

The result showed that the three factors of emotional creativity questionnaire has acceptable validity and reliability. This questionnaire use in instructional and psychological research of Iranian high school teachers, community. Generalization of research results to elementary teachers and university professors is be done with caution.