About the Measure
| Domains | Mental health and wellbeing, Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | Sensitivity; Arousal/Intensity; Persistence. |
| Description | The Emotion Reactivity Scale is a 21-item self-report measure of emotion sensitivity, intensity, and persistence. |
| Example | When something happens that upsets me, it's all I can think about it for a long time |
| Link | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dirk_Smits/publication/263922460_The_Dutch_Version_of_the_Emotion_Reactivity_Scale_Validation_and_Relation_with_Various_Behaviors_in_a_Sample_of_High_School_Students/links/5666970e08ae418a786f4b08.pdf |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 21 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 12-19 |
| Cost single purchase | Free - Available |
| Cost per child | Free - Available |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .66-.95 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | Not reported |
| CFA | CFI= .93 (Claes et al., 2014) |
| Criterion validity | Participants with non-suicidal self-injurious/eating disorder symptoms scored higher on ERS total score |
| Construct validity | r= .37 (behavioural inhibition) |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Claes, L., Smits, D., & Bijttebier, P. (2014). The Dutch Version of the Emotion Reactivity Scale. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 30(1), 73-79. doi:10.1027/1015-5759/a000171 Nock, M.K., Wedig, M.W., Holmberg, E.B. & Hooley, J.M. (2008). The Emotion Reactivity scale: Development, evaluation, and relation to self-injurious thoughts and behaviours. Behavior Therapy, 39(2), 107-116. doi:10.1016/j.beth.2007.05.005 |