Validity And Reliability Of Depression, Emotional Intelligence, Coping Strategies Instrument And Spiritual Inventory Of Imam Ghazali (ISIG)

Abstract

This study aims to obtain the validity and reliability of the Depression Instrument, Emotional Intelligence Instrument, Coping Strategies Instrument, and Imam Ghazali's Spiritual Inventory (ISIG) based on the adaptation of the Depression Instrument (Nor Shafrin Ahmad 2006), Emotional Intelligence Instrument (Noriah et al. 2003; Saemah Rahman et al. 2012), Coping Strategies Instrument (Salhah Abdullah et al. 2012) and Imam Ghazali's Spiritual Inventory (ISIG) (Mohammad Aziz Shah Mohamed Arip et al. 2015). Five experts evaluated the content validity of the Depression Instrument, Emotional Intelligence Instrument, Coping Strategies Instrument, and Imam Ghazali's Spiritual Inventory (ISIG). At the same time, the subject of the pilot study was conducted involving 30 Form 4 students from a secondary school. The findings of the study showed expert validity assessment scores for Depression Instrument, .84, Emotional Intelligence Instrument, .94, Coping Strategies Instruments, .98 and Imam Ghazali's Spiritual Inventory (ISIG) .92. Overall, the evaluation from the experts showed that the content of the Depression Instrument, Emotional Intelligence Instrument, Coping Strategies Instrument, and Imam Ghazali's Spiritual Inventory (ISIG) was acceptable because the scored value was more than 70 percent. While the reliability analysis of the Depression instrument is 0.808, Emotional Intelligence instrument is 0.942, Coping Strategies Instrument is 0.850, and Imam Ghazali's Spiritual Inventory (ISIG) also shows the value of Richardson Kuder (KR-20) is 0.920, which is more than 0.70. The conclusion of this study indicates that Depression Instrument, Emotional Intelligence Instrument, Coping Strategies Instrument, and Imam Ghazali's Spiritual Inventory (ISIG) is suitable for assessing the level of depression, emotional intelligence, coping strategies, and Spirituality among secondary school students.