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 |