Emotional Intelligence Appraisal Test

How Does This Help Me?

Total Brain, a SonderMind company, offers clinically-validated, mental health assessments like this so you can stay on top of your mental well-being.

What does a high score mean?

People who score highly for Emotional Awareness are good at accurately matching facial expressions to feelings, which may give them a relative advantage in navigating complex social situations. They also tend to be good at understanding their own emotional states, and differentiating between a range of bad emotions (e.g. a sense of whether your fear or anger in a given situation is more motivated by internal or external factors). High scorers will probably also have a wide vocabulary for describing emotions.

What does a low score mean?

People who score low for Emotional Awareness may misinterpret the facial expressions of other people (e.g., thinking someone is angry with them, when in fact they are upset and hurt), or are slower than others to recognize these expressions. They may also tend to not rely heavily on facial expressions to interpret social situations, or they may react in unhelpful ways due to making wrong assumptions about others. People with low scores may also find it difficult to identify a range of different emotions within themselves. For example, you might know that you feel “bad” or “upset”, but it can be hard to differentiate within a more subtle range of emotion states. They may also tend to avoid paying close attention to their own emotions.