Development and Assessment of the Personal Emotional Capital Questionnaire for Adults

Morteza Khazaei, Mark D. Holder, Fuschia M. Sirois, Lindsay G. Oades and Benedicte Gendron
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Morteza Khazaei: Ministry of Education, Abadan 6317984844, Iran
Mark D. Holder: Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada
Fuschia M. Sirois: Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 2LT, UK
Lindsay G. Oades: Centre for Positive Psychology, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
Benedicte Gendron: Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Didactique, Éducation et Formation, Paul Valéry University, 34000 Montpellier, France

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 4, 1-20

Abstract: (1) Background: The present study developed and evaluated a personal emotional capital questionnaire (PECQ) for adults that assessed 10 domains of personal emotional capital. (2) Method: Initially, 100 items were created and then administered to students attending Semnan University and Semnan University of Medical Sciences in Iran. Of the 700 questionnaires distributed, 527 were completed in full. Students were sampledusing the multi-stage random cluster method. Exploratory factor analyses, Cronbach’s alpha, and test–retest reliability were used to evaluate the scale. (3) Results: The ten components ofthe PECQ were confirmed. Test–retest correlations after 30 days were high, as was Cronbach’s alpha (0.94). Thecomponents highly correlatedwith overall emotional capital. The PECQ displayed convergent validity as it positively correlated with the Keyes’s Mental Health Continuum—Short Form and students’GPAs. The PECQ displayed divergent validity as it negatively correlated with measures of depression, anxiety and stress (Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS21)). Differences in overall PECQ scores and its components were examined for several variables including gender, age, marital and employment status, academic program, and field of study. PECQ scores were not sensitive to the order of administering questionnaires. (4) Conclusion: The results suggest that the PECQ is a valid and reliable measure of personal emotional capital and supports its use in adults.

Keywords: personal emotional capital; mental health; depression; anxiety; stress (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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