The Factor Analysis of Digital Emotional Intelligence Among Adolescent Students in Bangkok

Abstract

This research aimed 1) to study the indicators of digital emotional intelligence of adolescent students 2) to investigate the concordance of digital emotional intelligence model with empirical data. The sample used in the study were adolescent students studying in the secondary school in the academic year 2022 in Bangkok from the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 1, Secondary Educational Service Area Office 2, office of Bangkok, and Office of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation. The sample group included ten key informants and 400 students. They were chosen by multiple random sampling. The research instrument used for collecting data was a digital emotional intelligence questionnaire with 30 items. The data were analyzed by confirmatory factor analysis. The research results were found as follows; 1) The components of digital emotional intelligence of adolescent students consisted of 5 components: self-awareness, self-regulation, self-motivation, interpersonal skills, and empathy. 2) The digital emotional intelligence model by the empirical. All variables were appropriate as observed variables of digital emotional intelligence.