EAS Temperament Survey (Emotionality, Activity, Sociability).

EAS

What it measures

Temperament dimensions Emotionality, Activity, Sociability (Shyness in the child version); derived from the earlier EASI (which also included Impulsivity)

Length and format

20 (child parent-rating version); adult self-report version also ~20. 5-point (not characteristic to very characteristic) (informant/observer report)

Language versions

Multiple languages incl. Norwegian, Dutch, German, Spanish and others

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Buss, A. H., & Plomin, R. (1984). Temperament: Early Developing Personality Traits. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.10.015 - factor-structure paper)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.10.015