Table 1 Dimensions of emotional competence by Stamouli (2009)

11

 Attention to one’s own emotions (AE)

to perceive own emotions.

4

 Clarity of emotional perception (CP)

to understand own emotions and the own mood.

7

4

 Perspective taking (PER)

to take over the perspective of someone else and to consider various points of view.

4

16

 Trust in one’s own expressivity (TE)

to trust the own expressivity and the level of wellbeing is in the center of attention.

4

 Positive expressivity (PE)

to feel and express respective emotions of happiness and joy.

6

 Negative expressivity (NE)

to express and communicate negatively felt emotions.

6

10

 Reflective handling of emotions (RE)

the reflexive reprocessing of emotional incriminating situations.

7

 Influencing one’s own emotions (IN)

to stop unpleasant emotions and to emphasize positive aspects.

3