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Functions of Emotions Worksheet

This document provides a worksheet to help identify the function of emotions. It instructs the user to describe a prompting event that caused an emotional reaction during the week, their interpretation of the event, and the emotion and intensity felt. It then asks the user to identify if the emotion communicated something to others, organized or motivated actions, or provided information by considering each of those potential functions.

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Functions of Emotions Worksheet

This document provides a worksheet to help identify the function of emotions. It instructs the user to describe a prompting event that caused an emotional reaction during the week, their interpretation of the event, and the emotion and intensity felt. It then asks the user to identify if the emotion communicated something to others, organized or motivated actions, or provided information by considering each of those potential functions.

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EMOTION REGULATION WORKSHEET

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Identifying the Function of the Emotion

Identify an emotional reaction (lasting a few moments to a few minutes)


during the week and describe the following:

1. What was the prompting event?

2. What was your interpretation?

3. What was the emotion and intensity (0-100)?

4. Use the following to identify the function(s) of the emotion:

a. Did the emotion communicate something to others or influence


their behavior? If so, describe:

b. Did the emotion organize or motivate you to do something? If


so, describe:

c. Did the emotion give you information, color your perception, or


lead you to any conclusions? If so, describe:

Seth R. Axelrod, PhD, 4-23-2004 adapted from Marsha Linehan’s (1993) Skills Training Manual
for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder.

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