Emotional intensity: Measurement and theoretical implications

The individual difference construct of emotional intensity has received substantial theoretical and empirical attention. However, the principal measure used to measure emotional intensity appears to confound frequency with intensity in the response format. We developed the Emotional Intensity Scale...

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Published inPersonality and individual differences Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 191 - 199
Main Authors Bachorowski, Jo-Anne, Braaten, Ellen B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.08.1994
Elsevier
Subjects
Affectivity. Emotion
Biological and medical sciences
Emotions
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Intensity
Measures
Personality. Affectivity
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Human
Neuroticism
Test validation
Affect affectivity
Emotionality
Personality test
Extraversion introversion
Theory
Intensity
Psychometrics
Test reliability
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Summary:The individual difference construct of emotional intensity has received substantial theoretical and empirical attention. However, the principal measure used to measure emotional intensity appears to confound frequency with intensity in the response format. We developed the Emotional Intensity Scale (EIS) to make available a measure of emotional intensity independent of frequency. The EIS demonstrated strong internal reliability and temporal stability. Some of the theoretical implications of the correlations that were obtained among positive affect, negative affect, Extraversion, and Neuroticism are described.
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ISSN:0191-8869
1873-3549
DOI:10.1016/0191-8869(94)90025-6