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The purpose of the study is to conduct validity and reliability studies of the Denham Emotional Understanding Test for children aged 48-72 months. This research is designed in the general scan model in the quantum research pattern. The study’s work group consists of 48-72 months of 260 children who have been educated in the indigenous maternity schools and primary education-related maternity schools, selected by random group sampling method from the pre-school educational institutions on the side of Istanbul Anadolu in the 2016-2017 educational year. For the purpose of collecting research data, the Denham Emotional Understanding Test, Emotional Recognition Test and the Personal Information Form developed by researchers were used. For the validity studies of the test, the validity of the content (expert opinion and material analysis) and the validity of the structure (exceptive factor analysis and the method of calculation of the correlation ratio between the relevant test/size and external tests); for the reliability studies, the reliability of the test was studied according to the internal consistency (Cronbach Alfa) and the interval repetition (Pearson Correlation ratio) criteria. After the analysis, the Denham Emotional Comprehension Test was found to be a valid and reliable test. Keywords: Pre-school; Denham Emotional Understanding Test; Validity; Confidence.