LEAS
Levels of Emotional Awareness Scale (LEAS)
The LEAS is a written performance test that assesses the differentiation and complexity of emotional awareness of oneself and of others, based on 20 interpersonal situations. Developed in 1990 for adults, it explores the ability to verbalize bodily sensations, action tendencies, single emotions and blends of emotions, rather than a mere subjective judgment of one's emotional skills. The tool is useful in clinical practice and research for assessing alexithymia, difficulties in emotional mentalization and affect regulation.
- Number of questions
- 20 questions
- Estimated duration
- 20 minutes
- Language
- English
- Original name
- Levels of Emotional Awareness Scale
- Target audience
- Adults
- Authors
- Richard D. Lane, Donald M. Quinlan, Gary E. Schwartz, Pamela A. Walker, Stephen B. Zeitlin (1990)
Scoring & interpretation
For each vignette, score the response concerning the self and the response concerning the other separately from 0 to 4: 0 = no emotion or a cognitive response, 1 = bodily sensation, 2 = global valence or action tendency, 3 = specific emotion, 4 = combination of at least two specific emotions. The total item score is the higher of the self/other scores; if both responses reach 4 and are clearly differentiated between self and other, assign 5. Add up the 20 items to obtain a total score from 0 to 100; the higher the score, the more differentiated and complex the emotional awareness. The self and other scores can also be added up separately, from 0 to 80.
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