Table 1.

Sample items from parent and adolescent meta-emotion philosophy (MEP) measures

Dimension	Sample items
Adolescents’ MEP
Awareness	Is descriptive of his/her experience of this emotion Knows causes of emotion
Expression	Expresses emotion (alone or with others) Others can tell when child is experiencing emotion
Regulation	Has difficulty regulating intensity Has difficulty getting over emotion
Remediation	Can use family members to help cope with emotion Can use friends to help cope with emotion
Parents’ self-directed MEP
Awareness	Descriptive of experience of this emotion Aware of process for coping with emotion
Acceptance of expression	Accepts this emotion (believes it has value, is part of life) P feels comfortable with their expression of this emotion
Regulation	Has difficulty regulating intensity Has difficulty getting over emotion
Parents’ child-directed MEP
Awareness	Descriptive of child’s experience of emotion Knows cause of child’s emotion
Acceptance	Seems comfortable with child’s emotion and expression Empathizes with child’s emotion
Coaching	Seems involved in child’s experience of this emotion Has given thought and energy to what child knows of emotions
Regulation	Concerned about child’s experience or expression Child has difficulty regulating this emotion