

How much do you notice your feelings, let them show, and let them guide your choices? This free test uses four public-domain IPIP scales (Barchard, 2001) — 38 statements, about six minutes — and gives you a four-area profile with practical ideas. It describes your habits; it is not an EQ ability test.
Scientific background: Barchard, K. A. (2001). Emotional and social intelligence: Examining its place in the nomological network. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Items and scoring key: International Personality Item Pool (IPIP), "The Items in Each of the IPIP Scales Measuring Seven Components Potentially Related to 'Emotional Intelligence' (Barchard, 2001)" — Attending to Emotions, Positive Expressivity, Negative Expressivity and Emotion-based Decision-making scales. Goldberg, L. R., Johnson, J. A., Eber, H. W., Hogan, R., Ashton, M. C., Cloninger, C. R., & Gough, H. G. (2006). The International Personality Item Pool and the future of public-domain personality measures. Journal of Research in Personality, 40, 84–96. The IPIP is in the public domain; permission is granted for any use, commercial or non-commercial. Traditional Chinese: Treehole Hong Kong translation, not psychometrically validated (樹洞香港自行翻譯,未經心理計量驗證). Learn more
This test describes self-reported habits and is not an emotional-intelligence (EQ) ability test or a diagnosis. Items: International Personality Item Pool (public domain), scales studied by Barchard (2001). The Chinese version is Treehole Hong Kong's own translation and has not been psychometrically validated.
Emotional Awareness & Expression Test
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Describe yourself as you generally are now, not as you wish to be in the future. Describe yourself as you honestly see yourself, in relation to other people you know of the same sex as you are, and roughly your same age. For each statement, choose how accurately it describes you.
Think about the causes of my emotions.
Express my affection physically.
Shout or scream when I'm angry.
Listen to my feelings when making important decisions.
Rarely think about how I feel.
Find it difficult showing people that I care about them.
Keep my feelings to myself, regardless of how unhappy I am.
Plan my life logically.
Pay a lot of attention to my feelings.
Laugh out loud if something is funny.
Can't help but look upset when something bad happens.
Base my goals in life on inspiration, rather than logic.
Rarely analyze my emotions.
Have difficulty showing affection.
Find it difficult showing people that I'm angry with them.
Believe important decisions should be based on logical reasoning.
Am usually aware of the way that I'm feeling.
Express my happiness in a childlike manner.
Show my fear.
Plan my life based on how I feel.
Am not in touch with my feelings.
Keep my happy feelings to myself.
Keep my feelings to myself, regardless of how scared I am.
Listen to my brain rather than my heart.
Notice my emotions.
Sometimes laugh out loud when reading or watching TV.
Suspect that my facial expressions give me away when I feel sad.
Believe emotions give direction to life.
Often ignore my feelings.
Hug my close friends.
Rarely show my anger.
Make decisions based on facts, not feelings.
Often stop to analyze how I'm feeling.
Show my feelings when I'm happy.
Show my sadness.
Listen to my heart rather than my brain.
Rarely notice my emotional reactions.
Wish I could more easily show my negative feelings.
Complete the assessment to open your report.
Results are for reference only and do not constitute a medical diagnosis — if you have concerns, please consult a doctor or mental-health professional.