The Development of Emotional Intelligence Measurement for Students of Mahamakut Buddhist University

Abstract

The objective of this quantitative research was to develop the emotional intelligence measurement for students at Mahamakut Buddhist University. The samples were 51 students. The research instrument was the emotional intelligence questionnaire. The statistics consisted of frequency, percentage, and Cronbach's alpha. The research findings were revealed that the emotional intelligence questionnaire had an item-total correlation ranging between 0.513-0.859 and with total Cronbach’s Alpha reliability at 0.996 which was at the excellent value. The questionnaire consisted of 36 items of the question of six aspects: 5 items of the question for self-regulation, 1 item of the question for self-control, 14 items of the question for self-motivation, 2 items of the question for happy mind, 5 items of question for human relationship and 9 items of question for sympathy.