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Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire–Adolescent Short Form (TEIQue-ASF) Test

Understand how emotions shape decisions, communication, and stress response in about 6 minutes. This 30 question check-in supports teens with clear insights for coaching, counseling, and school support.

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured

example score

75/84

Emotion and Behavior Regulation (EaBR)

Measures how well a person regulates emotions and behavior and copes with emotionally challenging situations.

Needs support

Developing

Strong

12 – 35: Needs support | 36 – 60: Developing | 61 – 84: Strong

A score of 75 falls in the Strong range, suggesting well-developed self-regulation and generally effective coping under stress.

example score

57/84

Positive Outlook on Life (POoL)

Measures optimism, positive outlook, and perceived well-being when facing everyday situations and stress.

Low

Moderate

High

12 – 35: Low | 36 – 60: Moderate | 61 – 84: High

A score of 57 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting a generally positive outlook that may fluctuate under greater difficulty.

example score

130/210

Global Emotional Intelligence (GEI)

This scale measures overall awareness, understanding, and management of emotions in oneself and in interactions with others.

Developing

Moderate

High

30 – 89: Developing | 90 – 149: Moderate | 150 – 210: High

A score of 130 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting generally adequate emotional awareness and regulation with room to strengthen consistency across situations.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

School and child psychologists

41%OF USERS

They use it to quickly assess a teen’s emotional self-control, empathy, and stress resilience for counseling and support plans.

Teachers and school counselors

34%OF USERS

They take it to better understand students’ emotional behavior and improve communication, classroom climate, and conflict prevention.

Parents of teenagers

25%OF USERS

They use it to understand a teen’s emotional reactions and choose more effective ways to talk, support, and set boundaries.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Emotional and Behavioral Management (EaBM)

Average

35.1

Normal range

25.9 — 44.3

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Positive Attitude Towards Life (PATL)

Average

30.6

Normal range

17.6 — 43.6

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General Emotional Intelligence (GEI)

Average

109.6

Normal range

85.9 — 133.4

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210

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

Please respond by selecting the option that best indicates how strongly you agree or disagree with each statement below. Work quickly, but carefully. There are no right or wrong answers.

- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Mostly disagree
- Not sure
- Mostly agree
- Agree
- Strongly agree
- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Tend to disagree
- Not sure
- Tend to agree
- Agree
- Strongly agree
- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Not sure
- Somewhat agree
- Agree
- Strongly agree

These are 3 of the 30 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire–Adolescent Short Form (TEIQue-ASF) Test - Symptoms and Signs

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The measure is designed to assess self-perceived emotional functioning in adolescents using the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-Adolescent Short Form (TEIQue-ASF). It provides a brief, standardized self-report profile of typical emotion-related dispositions relevant to everyday coping and interpersonal functioning.

The instrument includes 30 items and typically takes about 6 minutes to complete. Items ask respondents to rate how well statements describe their usual emotional reactions and behaviors, supporting use in school-based assessment and clinical or counseling contexts when screening or describing emotion-related traits.

Developed by K. V. Petrides, the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-Adolescent Short Form (TEIQue-ASF) is intended for trait-level measurement rather than performance-based evaluation, and results should be interpreted alongside other clinical information and, when indicated, additional assessment.

Author: K. V. Petrides

Literature: Mayer, J. D., Salovey, P., & Caruso, D. R. Emotional intelligence: New ability or eclectic traits? American Psychologist. 2008.; Petrides, K. V., & Furnham, A. Trait emotional intelligence: Psychometric investigation with reference to established trait taxonomies. European Journal of Personality. 2001.; MacCann, C., Joseph, D. L., Newman, D. A., & Roberts, R. D. Emotional intelligence is a second-stratum factor of intelligence: Evidence from hierarchical and bifactor models. Emotion. 2014.; Petrides, K. V. Psychometric properties of the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue). In Stough, C., Saklofske, D. H., & Parker, J. D. (Eds.), Assessing emotional intelligence: Theory, research, and applications. Springer. 2009.