Affect knowledge test: preliminary pscyhometric evaluation in a pakistani preschool sample

Abstract

Emotions play a crucial role in children’s life, from toddlerhood to adolescents, significant others play an important role in socializing different aspects of emotions in children. The school life of a preschooler is not a simple one, successfully navigating through the seemingly difficult social challenges , is dependent upon different types of skills and motivation. Western research is now replicate with instances of studies which focus on emotional knowledge of preschoolers and its consequent emotional well-being as well as school adjustment later. However, in third world countries like Pakistan, such researches are very few and far in between. In the present study the two main points under discussion are a) the importance and utility of a measure of emotional knowledge for preschoolers which is both developmentally and culturally appropriate and (b) preliminary psychometric evaluation of the Affect Knowledge Test in Pakistani culture. Furthermore, to establish the concurrent validity of AKT and for the said purpose the scoial competence of the preschoolers was also measured.