Emotional Intelligence Test

Understand your emotional awareness, empathy, and self-control in just 2 minutes. 8 quick items deliver reliable insight you can use to improve communication and performance.

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured

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6/8

Emotion Self-Management (ESM)

Measures how effectively you regulate your emotions by sustaining helpful states and reducing unwanted reactions.

Low regulation

Moderate regulation

High regulation

0 – 2: Low regulation | 3 – 5: Moderate regulation | 6 – 8: High regulation

A score of 6 indicates high emotional regulation, suggesting you can usually maintain a desired emotional state and keep unhelpful emotions under control.

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3/8

Understanding One's Own Emotions (UOOE)

Measures how well you recognize, label, and understand the causes and consequences of your own emotions.

Low awareness

Moderate awareness

High awareness

0 – 2: Low awareness | 3 – 5: Moderate awareness | 6 – 8: High awareness

A score of 3 indicates moderate awareness of your emotions, with some ability to identify what you feel and why, though this may be inconsistent in more complex situations.

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2/8

Managing Others' Emotions (MOE)

Measures how effectively a person can influence and regulate other people’s emotional states, including reducing unwanted emotions and eliciting desired ones.

Limited influence

Situational influence

Strong influence

0 – 2: Limited influence | 3 – 5: Situational influence | 6 – 8: Strong influence

A score of 2 suggests a limited tendency or confidence in actively shaping others’ emotions, with influence typically occurring only in simple or familiar situations.

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5/8

Understanding Others' Emotions (UOE)

Measures how accurately you infer other people’s emotions from observable cues and intuitive understanding.

Low

Moderate

High

0 – 2: Low | 3 – 5: Moderate | 6 – 8: High

A score of 5 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting you can often read others’ emotional states from cues, though accuracy may vary across people and situations.

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11/16

Intrapersonal Emotional Intelligence (IEI)

Measures how well you notice, understand, and regulate your own emotions.

Developing

Typical

Strong

4 – 8: Developing | 9 – 12: Typical | 13 – 16: Strong

A score of 11 falls in the Typical range, suggesting generally adequate emotional self-awareness and self-regulation with room to strengthen consistency in managing feelings.

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10/16

Interpersonal Emotional Intelligence (IEI)

Interpersonal emotional intelligence measures how well you recognize, understand, and influence other people’s emotional states.

Developing

Adequate

Strong

0 – 5: Developing | 6 – 11: Adequate | 12 – 16: Strong

A score of 10 falls in the Adequate range, suggesting generally effective recognition of others’ emotions with some room to strengthen regulation and response strategies.

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24/32

Overall Emotional Intelligence (OEI)

Measures the combined ability to understand and manage one’s own emotions and the emotions of others.

Lower EI

Moderate EI

Higher EI

8 – 16: Lower EI | 17 – 24: Moderate EI | 25 – 32: Higher EI

A score of 24 falls in the Moderate EI range, suggesting generally developed emotional awareness and regulation with room for further strengthening.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Self-growth seekers

41%OF USERS

People who want a quick snapshot of how well they notice and manage emotions to improve relationships, stress tolerance, and everyday decisions.

Managers and team leads

34%OF USERS

Leaders who use the results to understand their impact on others, communicate more clearly, and reduce conflict in teams.

Psychologists and coaches

25%OF USERS

Professionals who screen clients’ emotional awareness and regulation to guide further work and track progress over time.

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

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EI (Emotional Intelligence) — managing your emotions (E(I—mye)

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3.2

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2 — 4.5

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EI (Understanding Your Emotions) (E(YE)

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4.7 — 7.2

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EM (Managing Other People's Emotions) (E(OPE)

Average

3.5

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2.4 — 4.6

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MP (understanding others' emotions) (M(oe)

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5.2

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4 — 6.5

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Intrapersonal EI (Emotional Intelligence) (IE(I)

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7.9

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5.7 — 10

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IPE (Interpersonal Emotional Intelligence) (I(EI)

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6.6

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4.5 — 8.7

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Overall EI score (OEs)

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22.7

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19.5 — 25.9

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

- Strongly disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Strongly agree
- Completely disagree
- Rather disagree
- Rather agree
- Completely agree
- Strongly disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Strongly agree

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

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Emotional Intelligence Test - Symptoms and Signs

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This brief self-report measure assesses perceived abilities related to emotional awareness, understanding others’ emotions, and emotion regulation. The Emotional Intelligence Test is designed for rapid screening in settings where a quick estimate of emotion-related functioning is needed.

The instrument includes 8 items and typically requires about 2 minutes to complete. Items ask respondents to rate statements about recognizing emotions in oneself and others and managing emotional responses; scores are generally interpreted as an index of perceived emotional competencies. The Emotional Intelligence Test is commonly used in psychological and organizational contexts, and its conceptual framing is consistent with work by Peter Salovey and John D. Mayer.

Author: John D. Mayer, Peter Salovey

Literature: Mayer, J. D., Salovey, P., & Caruso, D. R. Emotional intelligence: Theory, findings, and implications. Psychological Inquiry. 2004.; Bar-On, R. The Bar-On model of emotional-social intelligence (ESI). Psicothema. 2006.; Thorndike, E. L. Intelligence and its uses. Harper’s Magazine. 1920.; Petrides, K. V., & Furnham, A. Trait emotional intelligence: Psychometric investigation with reference to established trait taxonomies. European Journal of Personality. 2001.