Emotion

Emotion refers to any strong feelings, such as joy, sorrow, or fear. It is an affective state of consciousness in which one of these feelings is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness. Emotions can be positive or negative and distressing.

The NIH Toolbox Emotion tests include four major domains: Psychological Well-Being, Stress and Self-Efficacy, Social Relationships and Negative Affect.

The NIH Toolbox Emotion Battery, recommended for ages 8+, consists of tests of Positive Affect, General Life Satisfaction, Emotional Support, Friendship, Loneliness, Perceived Rejection, Perceived Hostility and Self-Efficacy.  For ages 13+, the battery also includes a measure of Perceived Stress. For ages 18+, the battery also includes tests of Meaning and Purpose, Instrumental Support, Sadness, Perceived Stress, Fear, and Anger.

The NIH Toolbox Parent Proxy Emotion Battery, recommended for parents of children ages 3-12, includes tests of Positive Affect, General Life Satisfaction, Positive Peer Interaction, Social Withdrawal, Peer Rejection, Empathic Behaviors, Fear, Sadness, and Anger. For those with children ages 8-12, tests for Perceived Stress and Self-Efficacy are included.

Emotion

Anger

Emotion: Negative Affect, Anger

Ages: 3+
Test Time: 2 minutes

A computer adaptive test (CAT), self-report or parent-report, assessment of irritability, frustration, interpersonal sensitivity, envy, disagreeableness, and efforts to control anger.

Anger/Hostility

Emotion: Negative Affect, Anger

Ages: 18+
Test Time: 2 minutes

A fixed form (FF) assessment of the participant’s attitudes of hostility, cynicism, and mistrust of others.

Anger/Physical Aggression

Emotion: Negative Affect, Anger

Ages: 18+
Test Time: 2 minutes

A fixed form (FF) assessment of aggression as a behavioral component of anger.

Apathy

Emotion: Negative Affect, Sadness

Ages: 18+
Test Time: 2 minutes

A fixed form (FF) assessment of deficits in goal-oriented behavior and decrements in goal-related thought content.

Emotional Support

Emotion: Social Relationships, Perceived Social Support

Ages: 8+
Test Time: 2 minutes

A computer-adaptive test (CAT) assessment of the participant’s perception that people in his or her social network are available to listen to his or her problems with empathy, caring, and understanding.

Empathic Behaviors

Emotion: Social Relationships, Positive Social Development

Ages: 3 - 12
Test Time: 2 minutes

A computer-adaptive test (CAT) assessment that asks the parent’s perceptions of the child’s prosocial behaviors.

Fear/Anxiety

Emotion: Negative Affect, Fear

Ages: 8+
Test Time: 2 minutes

A computer-adaptive test (CAT) assessment of fear, anxious misery, hyperarousal, and somatic symptoms related to arousal.

Fear/Over-Anxious

Emotion: Negative Affect, Fear, Fear

Ages: 3 - 7
Test Time: 2 minutes

A fixed form (FF) assessment of the child’s fear, worry, and hyperarousal.

Fear/Separation Anxiety

Emotion: Negative Affect, Fear

Ages: 3 - 7
Test Time: 2 minutes

A fixed form (FF) assessment of the child’s fear of being separated from home and from loved ones.

Fear/Somatic Arousal

Emotion: Negative Affect, Fear

Ages: 18+
Test Time: 2 minutes

A fixed form (FF) assessment of symptoms of anxiety that reflect autonomic arousal and perceptions of threat.

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