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Emotional Processing Scale, 25 items, 5 factors. What dimensions does it measure?. Problematic emotional processing styles. ₪. Mind & Body. “Poor emotional intelligence” “Emotionally unaware” “Alexithymic” “mild asbergers” “somatizer” “Emotionally illiterate”.
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Emotional Processing Scale, 25 items, 5 factors What dimensions does it measure?
₪ Mind & Body “Poor emotional intelligence” “Emotionally unaware” “Alexithymic” “mild asbergers” “somatizer” “Emotionally illiterate” Impoverished emotional experience
Impoverished Emotional Experience C O N T R O L O F E M O T I O N S experience input expression Of emotion INPUTEVENT EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION Appraisal Of meaning of event • Detached • Unpleasant • Confusing • Vague affiliations • Vague attributions memoryof input past memoriesemotion schemas
e.g. “My emotions felt blunt/dull” “I was unable to work out if I felt ill or emotional”
₪ Mind & Body Signs of unprocessed emotion
Signs of unprocessed emotion C O N T R O L O F E M O T I O N S experience input expression Of emotion INPUTEVENT EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION Appraisal Of meaning of event • Intrusive and persistent emotional experience; the results of poor emotional processing memoryof input past memoriesemotion schemas
e.g. “Unwanted feelings kept intruding” “I repeatedly experienced the same emotion”
₪ Mind & Body Avoidance
Avoidance C O N T R O L O F E M O T I O N S experience input expression Of emotion INPUTEVENT EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION Appraisal Of meaning of event • Evading emotional triggers memoryof input past memoriesemotion schemas
e.g. “I tried hard to avoid things that might upset me” “I tried to only talk about pleasant things”
₪ Mind & Body Suppression
Suppression C O N T R O L O F E M O T I O N S experience input expression Of emotion INPUTEVENT EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION Appraisal Of meaning of event memoryof input past memoriesemotion schemas • Excessive emotional control
e.g. “I bottled up my emotions” “I kept quiet about my feelings”
₪ Mind & Body Unregulated Emotion
Unregulated Emotion C O N T R O L O F E M O T I O N S experience input expression Of emotion INPUTEVENT EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION Appraisal Of meaning of event memoryof input past memoriesemotion schemas • Inability to control emotion
E.g. “When upset or angry it was difficult to control what I said” “ I reacted too much to what people said or did”