As a social worker, one of my service recipients was stuck with negative emotions given the work pressure and poor relationships with others. For the primary evaluation purpose, do you have any suggestions and tools for the evaluation of an individual’s emotions? Thank you so much.

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Thank you for your question. Emotions are universal experiences that we all encounter, so it is not the presence of emotions that matters. Instead, it is good to know how the service recipient you mentioned regulates his/her emotions, especially negative emotions. Specifically, emotional reappraisal and emotional suppression scales are suitable for evaluating emotion due to their focus on different emotion regulation strategies. Reappraisal measures the cognitive reframing of emotions, while suppression assesses the inhibition of emotional expression. These scales provide insights into individuals' regulation strategies, contributing to a comprehensive understanding of emotional experiences.