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 |