CONSTRUCTION AND STANDARDIZATION OF COGNITIVE HARDINESS SCALE FOR B.ED. STUDENT�TEACHERS

Mrs. Vijayalakshmi. S; Dr. K. Mohanasundaram; Prof. E.Ramganesh

Volume : VI, Issue : VIII, August - 2016

CONSTRUCTION AND STANDARDIZATION OF COGNITIVE HARDINESS SCALE FOR B.ED. STUDENT�TEACHERS

Mrs. Vijayalakshmi. S, Dr. K. Mohanasundaram, Prof. E. Ramganesh

Abstract :

This article makes attempt to develop the cognitive hardiness scale for B.Ed. student–teachers. The area of coping and stress management enforced and introduced by Kobasa 1979.Hardiness is a combination of 3c (challenge, commitment and control) attitudes that provides the necessary courage, motivation and capability to turn developmental and environmental stressors into opportunities for growth and many positive outcomes (Maddi 2006).The scale has been constructed with four points ‘Likert’ type scale for each item, with 89 statements for factor determination with sample of 320 B.Ed. student–teachers. Factor analysis was used to determine various factors in cognitive hardiness scale. Six components were identified, the final form of the tool consist of sixty (60) items with ten (10) items in each components. Reliability and validity were established for this tool on a sample of 100 B.Ed. studentteachers by adopting random sampling technique. General norms and Percentile norms are also determined.