ECQ Emotional Creativity Evaluation Test - the question form

1. When I have strong emotional experiences, I try to understand what causes them.

2. I am convinced that emotional development should require at least as much effort as intellectual development.

3. I reflect on my emotional experiences and try to understand them.

4. My emotional life does not particularly interest me.

5. I reflect on my past emotional experiences in order to cope with current emotional problems.

6. After experiencing strong emotions, I try to look back and objectively evaluate my emotional reactions.

7. I pay attention to other people's emotional experiences because this helps me better understand my own.

8. My emotional experiences are different from those of other people.

9. I can imagine myself feeling lonely, angry, and happy at the same time.

10. Sometimes I experience emotions and feelings that are difficult to describe in ordinary words.

11. I have experienced combinations of emotions that other people may never have felt.

12. I like music, dance, and paintings that evoke new and unusual emotions.

13. I have an unusual and unique emotional experience.

14. When an emotional situation arises, I usually respond to it differently than other people do.

15. I like to imagine situations that evoke unusual emotional reactions.

16. My emotional experiences can be unusual and new.

17. I would need to become a poet or novelist to describe the emotions I sometimes experience, because they are so unique.

18. I can experience different emotions at the same time.

19. I prefer movies and books that portray complex and unusual emotional situations.

20. Sometimes it is difficult for me to describe the full range of my emotional experiences.

21. I can experience many different emotions.

22. I adapt easily to situations that require experiencing new or unusual emotions.

23. I express my emotions without difficulty.

24. Expressing my emotions helps me in my relationships with other people.

25. My emotions help me achieve my life goals.

26. My emotions play an important role in my life; without them, it would have no meaning.

27. I try to be genuine in my emotional reactions, even if it causes me problems.

28. My emotions almost always express my true thoughts and feelings.

29. My outward emotional reactions accurately reflect my inner feelings.

30. I try to mask and hide my emotions.