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Emotional Creativity Inventory (ECI) Test

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In six minutes, the Emotional Creativity Inventory (ECI) Test guides you through 30 questions about how you experience, understand, and express emotions. Your result highlights patterns in complexity, authenticity, effectiveness, novelty, and readiness, offering a focused starting point for self-reflection and a clearer personal profile.
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October 2, 2025
October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured

example score
22/35
Emotional Complexity (EC)
Emotional complexity measures how well a person can notice, differentiate, and hold multiple emotions at the same time.
Lower complexity
Moderate complexity
Higher complexity
716: Lower complexity | 1726: Moderate complexity | 2735: Higher complexity
A score of 22 falls in the Moderate complexity range, suggesting a fairly differentiated emotional experience with the ability to recognize more than one feeling at once in many situations.
example score
11/20
Authenticity (A)
Authenticity measures how closely a person’s emotional reactions and expressions align with their internal values and beliefs.
Low
Moderate
High
49: Low | 1014: Moderate | 1520: High
A score of 11 indicates a moderate level of authenticity, suggesting emotions are often expressed in line with personal values, with some variability across situations.
example score
23/30
Effectiveness (E)
Effectiveness reflects how constructively a person can use emotional reactions for personal or social benefit.
Low
Moderate
High
614: Low | 1522: Moderate | 2330: High
A score of 23 falls in the High range, suggesting you tend to channel emotions into responses that are useful and constructive rather than purely reactive.
example score
22/35
Novelty/Uniqueness (N)
Measures the tendency to generate novel, unusual emotional reactions that differ from typical or socially expected patterns.
Low novelty
Moderate novelty
High novelty
716: Low novelty | 1726: Moderate novelty | 2735: High novelty
A score of 22 falls in the Moderate novelty range, suggesting a balanced capacity to experience and express emotions in somewhat original ways while often remaining within familiar patterns.
example score
21/30
Readiness (R)
Readiness measures how inclined a person is to reflect on their emotions and stay open to emotional experiences.
Low readiness
Moderate readiness
High readiness
614: Low readiness | 1522: Moderate readiness | 2330: High readiness
A score of 21 indicates moderate readiness, suggesting a fairly consistent tendency to notice and reflect on emotions while remaining generally open to new emotional experiences.
example score
94/150
Emotional Creativity (EC)
This scale measures how originally, appropriately, and authentically a person can experience and express complex combinations of emotions.
Lower emotional creativity
Moderate emotional creativity
Higher emotional creativity
3089: Lower emotional creativity | 90119: Moderate emotional creativity | 120150: Higher emotional creativity
A score of 94 falls in the moderate range, suggesting a generally flexible and authentic emotional style with some capacity for novel emotional meanings without being consistently highly unusual.
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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Therapy and coaching clients
41%OF USERS
People exploring their inner world use it to see how flexibly they create meaning from emotions and where their growth points are.
Creative professionals
34%OF USERS
Artists, writers, designers, and performers take it to understand how their emotional originality supports inspiration and expression.
Psychologists and students
25%OF USERS
Mental health specialists and trainees use it to assess emotional processing style and tailor support or development plans.
BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.
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See How You Compare

Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.
Emotional complexity (Ec)
Emotional complexity (Ec)
Average
25.6
Normal range
20.430.8
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7
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35
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Authenticity (A)
Authenticity (A)
Average
12.8
Normal range
10.515.1
min.
4
max.
20
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Effectiveness (E)
Effectiveness (E)
Average
24
Normal range
20.427.6
min.
6
max.
30
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Novelty/uniqueness (N)
Novelty/uniqueness (N)
Average
16.1
Normal range
11.320.9
min.
7
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35
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Readiness (R)
Readiness (R)
Average
18.6
Normal range
14.422.9
min.
6
max.
30
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Once you complete the test, your result will appear on the scale so you can see how you compare.
Emotional Creativity Scale (ECS)
Emotional Creativity Scale (ECS)
Average
71.5
Normal range
52.290.8
min.
30
max.
150
This curve shows how scores are typically distributed.
Once you complete the test, your result will appear on the scale so you can see how you compare.
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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

    • Disagree
    • Somewhat disagree
    • Neither agree nor disagree
    • Somewhat agree
    • Agree
    • Disagree
    • Somewhat disagree
    • Neither agree nor disagree
    • Somewhat agree
    • Agree
    • Disagree
    • Somewhat disagree
    • Neither agree nor disagree
    • Somewhat agree
    • Agree
WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Emotional Creativity Inventory (ECI) Test - Description and methodology of the test

Emotional Creativity Questionnaire, ECQ Test
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People seeking a structured view of how they experience and use emotions can take the Emotional Creativity Inventory (ECI) Test to examine more than mood or intensity. This emotional creativity assessment is intended for self-reflective respondents curious about emotional patterns, originality, sincerity, and usefulness. The profile shows how several related tendencies combine into an individual pattern of emotional experience and expression.

What This Assessment Explores

Emotional creativity involves original, authentic feelings. Items cover simultaneous or unusual emotions, reflection, honest expression, and usefulness. This emotional creativity questionnaire groups six dimensions:

  • Emotional Complexity (7-35) reflects multiple, differentiated feelings: Lower complexity 7-16; Moderate complexity 17-26; Higher complexity 27-35.
  • Authenticity (4-20) reflects sincere, value-aligned expression: Low 4-9; Moderate 10-14; High 15-20.
  • Effectiveness (6-30) reflects constructive use: Low 6-14; Moderate 15-22; High 23-30.
  • Novelty/Uniqueness (7-35) reflects unusual emotional responses: Low novelty 7-16; Moderate novelty 17-26; High novelty 27-35.
  • Readiness (6-30) reflects openness and emotional reflection: Low readiness 6-14; Moderate readiness 15-22; High readiness 23-30.
  • Emotional Creativity (30-150) reflects original, appropriate, authentic combinations: Lower emotional creativity 30-89; Moderate emotional creativity 90-119; Higher emotional creativity 120-150.

Methodology and Scientific Basis

Each statement uses a five-point agreement scale, from Disagree to Agree. Answers are combined into component scores and an overall score, but the displayed ranges do not establish how individual responses are weighted or whether any item is reverse-scored. For that reason, this emotional creativity scale should be read through the reported bands rather than a reconstructed formula.

The evidence base is the Emotional Creativity Inventory, the published instrument most directly matching the questionnaire’s themes. Soroa and colleagues’ shortened and Basque versions provide related evidence, but those studies do not establish that this online form is identical to either adaptation. It is conceptually consistent with that work, not presented as a validated reproduction.

Interpret the profile through each scale’s definition: each displayed band describes the level of the tendency named by that scale, rather than establishing a uniform rule about how individual answers contribute. Mood, memory, self-awareness, culture, and willingness to disclose can affect responses. The online form is not independently standardized, so its bands are descriptive rather than diagnostic thresholds.

Author: J. R. Averill
Literature:
  • Averill, J. R. (1999). Individual Differences in Emotional Creativity: Structure and Correlates. Journal of Personality, 67(2), 331-371. 10.1111/1467-6494.00058
  • Soroa, G., Aritzeta, A., Balluerka, N., & Gorostiaga, A. (2016). Adaptation and Validation of the Basque Version of the Emotional Creativity Inventory in Higher Education. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 19, 1-13. 10.1017/SJP.2016.26
  • Soroa, G., Gorostiaga, A., Aritzeta, A., & Balluerka, N. (2015). A Shortened Spanish Version of the Emotional Creativity Inventory (the ECI-S). Creativity Research Journal, 27(2), 232-239. 10.1080/10400419.2015.1030313
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