Need for Affect Questionnaire (Maio & Estes, 2001)
| Strongly disagree | Strongly agree | |||||||||||
| (1) | If I reflect on my past, I see that I tend to be afraid of feeling emotions. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (2) | I have trouble telling the people close to me that I love them. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (3) | I feel that I need to experience strong emotions regularly. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (4) | Emotions help people get along in life. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (5) | I am a very emotional person. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (6) | I think that it is important to explore my feelings. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (7) | I approach situations in which I expect to experience strong emotions. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (8) | I find strong emotions overwhelming and therefore try to avoid them. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (9) | I would prefer not to experience either the lows or highs of emotion. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (10) | I do not know how to handle my emotions, so I avoid them. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (11) | Emotions are dangerous – they tend to get me into situations that I would rather avoid. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (12) | Acting on one’s emotions is always a mistake. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (13) | We should indulge our emotions. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (14) | Displays of emotions are embarrassing. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (15) | Strong emotions are generally beneficial. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (16) | People can function most effectively when they are not experiencing strong emotions. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (17) | The experience of emotions promotes human survival. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (18) | It is important for me to be in touch with my feelings. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (19) | It is important for me to know how others are feeling. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (20) | I like to dwell on my emotions. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (21) | I wish I could feel less emotion. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (22) | Avoiding emotional events helps me sleep better at night. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (23) | I am sometimes afraid of how I might act if I become too emotional. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (24) | I feel like I need a good cry every now and then. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (25) | I would love to be like “Mr. Spock,” who is totally logical and experiences little emotion. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| (26) | I like decorating my bedroom with a lot of pictures and posters of things emotionally significant to me. | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Items 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 21, 22, 23, 25 are reverse scored