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Emotion Expression Scale for Children

(EESC)

Research Group
RD&H
Contacts Brígida do Vale Caiado

TITLE OF THE PORTUGUESE VERSION

Escala de Expressão Emocional para Crianças

ORIGINAL VERSION

Penza-Clyve, S. & Zeman, 2002

PORTUGUESE VERSION

Caiado, B., Canavarro, M. C. & Moreira, H., 2022

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The EESC is composed of 16 items rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (not at all true) to 5 (extremely true) to assess children’s difficulties in emotion expression, namely, difficulties in being aware of one’s emotions and unwillingness to express emotions. Higher scores indicate more difficulties in emotion expression, namely, poorer emotion awareness and greater reluctance to express emotions.

REFERENCES

  • Caiado, B., Canavarro, M. C. & Moreira, H., (2022). The Bifactor Structure of the Emotion Expression Scale for Children in a Sample of School-Aged Portuguese Children. Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911221082038

  • Penza-Clyve, S. and Zeman (2002). Initial validation of the emotion expression scale for children (EESC). Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology https://doi.org/10.1207/S15374424JCCP3104_12

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