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Emotional Expressivity Scale

(EES)

Research Group
CBPI
Contacts José Augusto da Veiga Pinto de Gouveia Alexandra Margarida Borges Dinis Ana Maria de Jesus Xavier

TITLE OF THE PORTUGUESE VERSION

Escala de Expressividade Emocional

ORIGINAL VERSION

Kring, A. M., Smith, D. A., & Neale, J. M. (1994)

PORTUGUESE VERSION

Dinis, A., Pinto-Gouveia, J., & Xavier, A. (2011)

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The EES is a 17-item unidimensional scale that measures the extent to which people outwardly display their emotions regardless of emotional valence or channel of expression. The response format for the EES is a 6-point Likert scale (1 = never true and 6 = always true), with higher scores suggesting a higher emotional expressivity. The Portuguese version of EES showed an accurate internal consistency, temporal stability, and good convergent and divergent validities.

REFERENCES

  • Dinis, A., Pinto-Gouveia, J., & Xavier, A. (2011). Estudo das características psicométricas da versão portuguesa da Escala de Expressividade Emocional. Psychologica, 54, 111-137.

  • Kring, A. M., Smith, D. A., & Neale, J. M. (1994). Individual differences in dispositional expressiveness: Development and validation of the Emotional Expressivity Scale. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 66, 934-949. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.66.5.934