Emotional Expressivity Scale (EES)

Emotional Expressiveness (EE) is understood as the ability of people to express their emotional states in observable behaviors (Kring et al., 1994). It was measured using the Spanish version of the Emotional Expressivity Scale (EES) made by Kring et al. (1994). It consists of 17 items intended to measure the apparent show of emotions regardless of the valence (positive or negative) and the channel (vocal, facial, gestural) used to express them. The response format is Likert-type, with a response option from 1 (totally disagree) to 4 (totally agree) and it is corrected in an inverse manner. A higher score indicates higher expression. This inventory has a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.910 (Kring et al., 1994). In the current study, the inventory has shown a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.712.