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Table 1 Examples of answers to an LEAS-J scenario

From: The reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Levels of Emotional Awareness Scale (LEAS-J)

Scene1:

A person asks you to charge the battery of his/her car because it went dead. As you work to connect the cord, your thumb is injured. How would you feel? How would the person who asked you to charge the battery feel?

Answer examples

Self

Other

Level 0

Why did that person ask me to do this?

If I had not asked him to charge it, it might not have happened.

Level 1

This hurts...

I'd feel sick to my stomach.

Level 2

How unlucky I am to have been caught up in this situation. It's unfortunate.

I feel awkward.

Level 3

I feel slightly sad because I have failed again.

I am afraid that the person will stop working and will not help me charge it.

Level 4

I feel it is unlucky. It should run after properly being charged. I have mixed feelings of disappointment, resignation, and anger.

I feel sorry, guilty, and regretful to have made the request.

  1. Note: A Level 5 score is assigned to a scenario when both Self and Other are scored at Level 4 and are not identical with regard to emotional content.