Negative Emotional Intelligence

Negative Emotional Intelligence Scale

Select the one option that best represents how much the statement applies to you. Each item must have exactly one chosen response.

1. I know my negative and weak traits in my personality.
2. I know when I annoy the people around me.
3. I consider myself responsible for my emotions, not others.
4.When I feel sad, I know the reason.
5.I easily recognize other people’s weaknesses.
6. I feel upset or bored but don’t know exactly why.
7.I make wrong decisions toward others.
8. It is difficult for me to forget my negative emotions.
9. I know my positive and strong traits.
10. I cry to make others feel guilty toward me.
11. I get angry when provoked.
12. I can embarrass someone to stop them from behaving in a certain way.
13. I can make another person feel uncomfortable.
14. Some people make me feel like a bad person no matter what I do.
15.I can use my illness to make others feel sympathy toward me.
16. I find it hard to express feelings such as “I love you” or “I miss you” even when I want to.
17. Others tell me I overreact to problems.
18.I can hide my anger from others.
19. Whenever I start achieving something, obstacles appear and prevent completion.
20.I need others’ praise to be able to accomplish my work.
21.I face problems by using the principle “attack is the best defense.”
22. I can delay satisfying my desires until I finish the required task.
23. I postpone feeling satisfied with my work until I receive others’ praise.
24. I can contain my negative emotions like sadness or anger when they hinder my study.
25.I postpone watching movies for more important goals.
26.I give up pleasures and desires until I finish my university studies.
27. I can focus on a specific task when I want to.
28.I pretend to be very angry to scare others and make them afraid to repeat their behavior.
29. I plant doubt and anxiety in others to make them act as I want.
30. I influence those close to me to get what I want.
31.If someone close annoys me, I punish them with emotional coldness.
32. I find it difficult to talk to people who disagree with me.
33.I feel the need to talk to others.
34.I can sense others’ emotions even if they don’t express them.
35. I give up something dear to me for others.
36. I can read between the lines when people talk.
37. I can easily flatter others more than they deserve to win their trust.
38.I quickly get bored from being with someone for a long time.
39. I get annoyed when others – even close ones – talk about my problems.
40. I rarely cry, even when people dear to me die.
41. I believe others are the cause of my problems.
42. I can form social relationships quickly, but they end soon.
43.I find it difficult to build and maintain friendships.
44. If someone annoys me, I think it is acceptable to make them feel guilty.
45. I hide my feelings if I think expressing them will cause conflict.