About the Measure
| Domains | Emotional Intelligence (mixed and trait), Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 |
| Subscales | Differentiating emotions; Verbal sharing of emotions; Bodily awareness of emotions; Acting out emotions; Analyses of emotions; Attention to others’ emotions |
| Description | The EAQ was developed with the aim of identifying how children and adolescents feel or think about their feelings. The current version of the EAQ is designed with a six-factor structure describing six aspects of emotional functioning: Differentiating Emotions, Verbal Sharing of Emotions, Bodily Awareness of Emotions, Acting Out Emotions, Analyses of Emotions, Attention to Others' Emotions. |
| Example | I find it difficult to explain to a friend how I feel |
| Link | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886906004636 |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 30 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 30 |
| Age | 8-16 |
| Cost single purchase | Free |
| Cost per child | Free |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | Yes |
| Cronbach's α | .64-.77 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | 6-factor oblique |
| CFA | Multigroup (3 countries) 6-factor model Chi-square(1203)= 2162.79 CFI= .91 RMSEA= .02 |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Not reported |
| Concurrent validity | r= [-.30,-.02] with Children's Depression Inventory; r= [.07,.42] with Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue-ASF) |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., Petrides, K.V., Cowan, C., Miers, A.C., Tolland, A. (2007). Psychometric properties of the Emotion Awareness Questionnaire for children. Personality and Individual Differences, 43(1), 95-105. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2006.11.015 Rieffe, C., Oosterveld, P., Miers, A. C., Terwogt, M. M., & Ly, V. (2008). Emotion awareness and internalising symptoms in children and adolescents: The Emotion Awareness Questionnaire revised. Personality and Individual Differences, 45(8), 756-761. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2008.08.001 Lahaye, M., Mikolajczak, M., Rieffe, C., Villanueva, L., Van Broeck, N., Bodart, E., & Luminet, O. (2010). Cross-validation of the Emotion Awareness Questionnaire for Children in Three Populations. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 29(5), 418–427. doi:10.1177/0734282910390013 Camodeca, M., & Rieffe, C. (2013). Validation of the Italian Emotion Awareness Questionnaire for children and adolescents. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 10(3), 402-409. doi:10.1080/17405629.2012.694609 |