Self-Rated Emotional Intelligence Scale: Note. P
Self-Rated Emotional Intelligence Scale: Note. P
The following set of items pertains to your insight into emotions. Please use the rating scale
below to describe how accurately each statement describes you. Describe yourself as you
generally are now, not as you wish to be in the future. Describe yourself as you honestly see
yourself, in relation to other people you know of the same sex as you are, and roughly your same
age. Please read each statement carefully, and then write the letter that corresponds to how
inaccurately or accurately each statement describes you.
Very inaccurate Moderately inaccurate Neither nor Moderately accurate Very accurate
1 2 3 4 5
Number Domain Item wording
1 P By looking at people’s facial expressions, I recognize the emotions
they are experiencing.
2 U I am a rational person and I rarely, if ever, consult my feelings to make a
decision (r).
3 R I have a rich vocabulary to describe my emotions.
4 M1 I have problems dealing with my feelings of anger (r).
5 M2 When someone I know is in a bad mood, I can help the person calm down
and feel better quickly.
6 P I am aware of the nonverbal messages other people send.
7 U When making decisions, I listen to my feelings to see if the decision feels
right.
8 R I could easily write a lot of synonyms for emotion words like happiness
or sadness.
9 M1 I can handle stressful situations without getting too nervous.
10 M2 I know the strategies to make or improve other people’s moods.
11 P I can tell when a person is lying to me by looking at his or her facial
expression.
12 U I am a rational person and don’t like to rely on my feelings to make
decisions.
13 R R I have the vocabulary to describe how most emotions progress from
simple to complex feelings.
14 M1 I am able to handle most upsetting problems.
15 M2 I am not very good at helping others to feel better when they are feeling
down or angry (r).
16 P My quick impressions of what people are feeling are usually wrong (r).
17 R My “feelings” vocabulary is probably better than most other persons’
“feelings” vocabularies.
18 M1 I know how to keep calm in difficult or stressful situations.
19 M2 I am the type of person to whom others go when they need help with a
difficult situation.
Note. P _ Perceiving Emotion; U _ Use of Emotion; (r) _ reverse scored; R _ Understanding Emotion; M1
_ Managing Emotion (self); M2 _ Social Management.