Emotional Processing Scale, 25 items, 5 factors What dimensions does it measure?

Problematic emotional processing styles

Mind & Body ₪ Impoverished emotional experience “Poor emotional intelligence” “Emotionally unaware” “Alexithymic” “mild asbergers” “somatizer” “Emotionally illiterate”

INPUT EVENT memory of input past memories emotion schemas EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE experienced as gestalt awareness labelling linking EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION experience expressioninput C O N T R O L O F E M O T I O N S Impoverished Emotional Experience Detached Unpleasant Confusing Vague affiliations Vague attributions Appraisal Of meaning of event Of emotion

e.g. “My emotions felt blunt/dull” “I was unable to work out if I felt ill or emotional”

Mind & Body ₪ Signs of unprocessed emotion

INPUT EVENT memory of input past memories emotion schemas EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE experienced as gestalt awareness labelling linking EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION experience expressioninput C O N T R O L O F E M O T I O N S Signs of unprocessed emotion Intrusive and persistent emotional experience; the results of poor emotional processing Of emotion Appraisal Of meaning of event

e.g. “Unwanted feelings kept intruding” “I repeatedly experienced the same emotion”

Mind & Body ₪ Avoidance

INPUT EVENT memory of input past memories emotion schemas EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE experienced as gestalt awareness labelling linking EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION experience expressioninput C O N T R O L O F E M O T I O N S Avoidance Evading emotional triggers Of meaning of event Appraisal Of emotion

e.g. “I tried hard to avoid things that might upset me” “I tried to only talk about pleasant things”

Mind & Body ₪ Suppression

INPUT EVENT memory of input past memories emotion schemas EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE experienced as gestalt awareness labelling linking EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION experience expressioninput C O N T R O L O F E M O T I O N S Suppression Excessive emotional control Of emotion Of meaning of event Appraisal

e.g. “I bottled up my emotions” “I kept quiet about my feelings”

Mind & Body ₪ Unregulated Emotion

INPUT EVENT memory of input past memories emotion schemas EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE experienced as gestalt awareness labelling linking EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION experience expressioninput C O N T R O L O F E M O T I O N S Unregulated Emotion Inability to control emotion Appraisal Of meaning of event Of emotion

E.g. “When upset or angry it was difficult to control what I said” “ I reacted too much to what people said or did”