About the Measure
Domains | Emotional Intelligence (mixed and trait) |
Key stages | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 |
Subscales | Expressive reluctance; Poor awareness |
Description | This instrument is designed to assess lack of emotion awareness and reluctance to express emotions. |
Example | I know I should show my feelings, but it is too hard |
Link | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1207/S15374424JCCP3104_12 |
Psychometry | |
Implementation |
Implementation details
No. of items | 16 |
Format | Likert |
Respondent | Self |
Scoring | Standardised |
Time | 0 |
Age | 9-12 |
Cost single purchase | Free - Available |
Cost per child | Free - Available |
Psychometric details
UK norms | No |
Cronbach's α | .81-.83 |
Test retest | 2 weeks, r= [.56,.59] |
Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
EFA | 2-factor orthogo |
CFA | Not reported |
Criterion validity | Not reported |
Construct validity | r= [-.23,.53] with Children's Sadness Management Scale; r= [-.32,.40] with Children's Anger Management Scale; r= [.03,.30] with Affect Regulation Interview |
Concurrent validity | Not reported |
Predictive validity | Not reported |
Responsiveness | Not reported |
Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
References | Penza-Clyve, S., & Zeman, J. (2002). Initial validation of the emotion expression scale for children (EESC). Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 31(4), 540-547. doi:10.1207/s15374424jccp3104_12 |