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CONFIDENTIAL. INSTRUCTIONS This questionnaire tries to understand something about your emotions and feelings. In order to fill it in, you will need to fix the last week firmly in your mind.
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CONFIDENTIAL INSTRUCTIONS This questionnaire tries to understand something about your emotions and feelings. In order to fill it in, you will need to fix the last week firmly in your mind. Could you first of all spend a few minutes thinking back over what you have been doing in the last week. Starting from one week ago today, try to think about where you were, what you were doing, who you met, anything you may remember about the day. If you have a diary or filofax, check for any appointments or reminders of each day. Development of the emotional processing scale
Aims of the emotional processing scale Measure emotional processing styles and deficits Predict the role of emotional processing in physical and psychological disorder Measure changes in emotion during therapy Provide a framework to categorize patients for research or therapy General research tool to investigate emotions Assist therapists in formulating patients’ problems
Literature Clinical experience Schematic model Case histories Initial item selection 300 draft items/ideas 152-items 101-items
Development of Emotional Processing Scale Version 1 101 questions Given to 60 healthy people 53 patients visiting the doctor 37 mental health patients n = 150 Analysis of data
Development of Emotional Processing Scale Version 2 45 questions Given to 100 students 73 older healthy people 124 cancer patients 16 back pain patients 147 mental health patients n = 460 Analysis of data
Development of Emotional Processing Scale Version 3 53 questions Given to 310 healthy people 86 patients visiting the doctor 114 pain patients 180 mental health patients n = 690 Analysis of data
Development of Emotional Processing Scale FINAL VERSION 25 QUESTIONS
How the questionnaire is rated 1. I smothered my feelings. completely---------------------- disagree--------------------------in between ------------------------- agree------------------------ completely disagree agree 2. Unwanted feelings kept intruding. completely----------------------- disagree-------------------------in between ------------------------- agree------------------------ completelydisagree agree 3. When upset or angry it was difficult to control what I said. completely----------------------- disagree-------------------------in between ------------------------- agree------------------------ completelydisagree agree