EMOTIONAL SENSITIVITY SCALE (ESS)

Leticia R. Guarino and Derek Roger - 2005

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No. AFFIRMATION RESPONSE

I often feel despair when facing difficult situations. TRUE
1 FALSE
I feel easily frustrated. TRUE
2 FALSE
I question myself a lot. CERTAIN
3 FALSE
I often get mad at myself. TRUE
4 FALSE
I feel really upset if people don't understand how I feel. CERTAIN
5 FALSE
Often it seems that my worries are bigger than TRUE
6 of anyone else. FALSE
Small things often suffice to put me in a bad mood. TRUE
7 FALSE
When a project I'm working on starts off badly, with TRUE
I often see it as a bad omen for the rest of the project. FALSE
I find it difficult to help people who are facing situations TRUE
9 stressful, because I get stressed easily too. FALSE
When I feel sad and down, the worst thing that can happen to me is TRUE
10 listening to people laughing and having fun. FALSE
I often have the feeling that I want to give it all up. TRUE
11 FALSE
A veces siento que nadie se preocupa por mí. TRUE
12 FALSE
I often imagine the worst possible scenario for anything TRUE
13 things I am about to start. FALSE
I can easily control my nerves. TRUE
14 FALSE
I get angry when things don't work. TRUE
15 FALSE
The sudden changes in my life often leave me TRUE
16 absolutely devastated. FALSE
The worst thing that could happen to me is to feel like a fool. CERTAIN
17 FALSE
When I start talking to my friends about their problems, TRUE
18 immediately I start to think about my own. FALSE
I often feel responsible for how others feel. CERTAIN
19 are feeling. FALSE
Yo me pongo fácilmente ansioso(a) y estresado(a) cuando veo a algún TRUE
20 familiar or close friend facing a problem, and would wish FALSE not to be.
there.
I constantly worry about making mistakes in my work. TRUE
21 FALSE
I get very upset when my friends don't show up, just like CERTAIN
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22 was planned. FALSE
I think the best way to avoid problems is not to get involved. TRUE
23 with the personal life of others. FALSE
I like to stay away from emotional reactions of the TRUE
24 others. FALSE
I try to stay away from difficult situations otherwise TRUE
25 people to not get involved. FALSE
I often think that showing a lot of concern and pity for TRUE
26 others could result in getting involved in things I don't want. FALSE
When I am trying to help other people, I start to TRUE
27 worrying about that taking me a lot of time. FALSE
I try not to get emotionally involved with people who are TRUE
28 going through difficult situations. FALSE
Me resulta fácil reconocer y entender los sentimientos de otros, pero CERTAIN
29 no to get involved with them. FALSE
Every time I am helping others face their problems, CERTAIN
I worry if I am getting too involved. FALSE
I think that one can really only help someone if they do not TRUE
31 emotionally involves. FALSE
Whenever I see someone close to me having a problem, the TRUE
The first thing that comes to my mind is how lucky I am FALSE to not
to be in that situation.
I find it easy to recognize feelings and moods of the TRUE
33 people around me, even if they try to hide them. FALSE
I feel upset when other people are going through tough times. CERTAIN
34 difficult. FALSE
I find it easy to understand the feelings of other people. TRUE
35 FALSE
Every time I see someone in trouble, I feel it's my responsibility. TRUE
36 responsibility to help and provide support. FALSE
I feel upset when I realize that I can't do anything. TRUE
37 to help other people who are having problems. FALSE
I feel more worried than many people about the individuals. TRUE
38 unjustly treated. FALSE
It's somewhat difficult for me to know the feelings and moods of TRUE
39 the people around me. FALSE
I often think about ways to help people. TRUE
40 difficulty. FALSE
I would try to help someone crying on the street. CERTAIN
41 FALSE
I don't try to figure out how the people around me feel. TRUE
42 FALSE
It is easy for me to understand the feelings of others when they are TRUE
43 stressed. FALSE
I am willing to participate in aid programs for people in TRUE
44 danger situation, if there was something I could do. FALSE
I often feel more concerned about feelings and TRUE
45 concerns of others than my own. FALSE