Development of the Emotional Intensity Scale : Japanese Version

ジョウドウ キョウド シャクド ニホンゴ バン ノ サクセイ

ノグチ, モトコ

Noguchi, Motoko

佐藤, 弥

サトウ, ワタル

Sato, Wataru

吉川, 左紀子

ヨシカワ, サキコ

Yoshikawa, Sakiko

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ タイジン シャカイ シンリガク ケンキュウシツ

特性不安

共感性

emotional intensity

trait anxiety

emotional empathy

Emotional intensity is defined as the personality trait of the typical intensity with which individuals experience their emotions. Bachorowski & Braaten (1994) has developed the Emotional Intensity Scale (EIS) to measure the emotional intensity for English speakers. In this study, we developed the Japanese version of EIS and examined the reliability and the validity in a Japanese sample. We measured the other scales of relevant personality traits (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory: STAI, Questionnaire Measures of Emotional Empathy: QMEE, Interpersonal Reactivity Index: IRI). EIS total score, positive emotion item score (EIS-POS), negative emotion item score (EIS-NEG), and these correlations and gender differences were similar to those of the original version. The high internal reliability of the EIS was obtained. The EIS-NEG was positively correlated with the STAI trait anxiety score. The EIS total score, EIS-POS, and EIS-NEG were positively correlated with the QMEE score and the emotional empathy scores of the IRI sub-scales. These results suggest that the Japanese version of EIS is available as the measure of emotional intensity.

佐藤, 弥

吉川, 左紀子