title: Initial validation of the Emotion Expression Scale for Children (EESC).
abstract: The Emotion Expression Scale for Children (EESC) is a new self-report scale designed to examine 2 aspects of deficient emotion expression: lack of emotion awareness and lack of motivation to express negative emotion. Validity was assessed using self-report measures of emotion regulation and self- and peer-report of internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Using a community sample of 208 fourth- and fifth-grade children, reliability analyses revealed high internal consistency and moderate test-retest reliability of the EESC. The results provide initial support for concurrent validity for the EESC factors evidenced by relations with measures of emotion management. Associations were found between the EESC and measures of internalizing symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Maine, USA. spenza@lifespan.org
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Penza-Clyve
authors.forename: Janice
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zeman
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D019260:Expressed Emotion / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012919:Social Behavior