Table 1.
Dimension | Sample items |
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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 |