Affective Communication Test.
ACT
Nonverbal emotional expressiveness / emotional 'charisma' - the disposition to express emotions nonverbally and influence others affectively
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- 13 items. 9-pt Likert (not at all true of me - very true of me) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Some language adaptations (used internationally in nonverbal-communication and charisma research)
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Friedman, H. S., et al. (1980). Understanding and assessing nonverbal expressiveness: the Affective Communication Test. JPSP, 39(2), 333-351. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.39.2.333
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