Overview
The Emotion Regulation Strategies Questionnaire (FEEL-KJ-2) is a UK-normed self-report questionnaire for children and adolescents aged 9 to 20 years that evaluates the behaviours or thoughts they use to manage their emotions. Questions are rated on a five-point Likert scale, indicating the extent to which various regulation strategies are used when experiencing the three set of emotions (anger, anxiety and sadness). The measure can be used to help the child or young person to learn strategies that allow them to cope with their emotions in a healthy, effective way.
Product Description
The FEEL-KJ-2 assesses regulation strategies when confronted with the emotions of anger, anxiety, and sadness in children, adolescents, and young adults ages 9-20 years. The questionnaire consists of 30 items relating to each emotion for a total of 90 items that are organised into 15 scales or strategies for dealing with the emotions:
- Seven positive or Adaptive Strategies;
- Five negative or Maladaptive Strategies; and
- Three additional strategies that could be considered positive or negative, depending on the situation.
A Standard Report provides narrative text, a profile sheet, and T-scores. Scores are based on combined gender norms at each age group (9-20 years) for the 15 individual strategies, and the two overarching categories of Adaptive Strategies and Maladaptive Strategies. Within these two overarching categories, totals are also provided for anger, anxiety, and sadness, to see if the type of strategy being applied differs between the three emotions.
When should the FEEL-KJ-2 be used?
The FEEL-KJ-2 can be helpful in social-emotional evaluations, as well as when designing treatment plans. Baseline information can be gathered and the adolescent’s progress of increasing the use of adaptive strategies, and lessening reliance on maladaptive strategies, can be assessed over time.
Because the FEEL-KJ-2 has been validated against well-respected measures for diagnosing psychological disorders, the results of the FEEL-KJ-2 can provide an indication of the risk for the development of mental health problems. It will be useful for clinical, educational and counselling psychologists, psychiatrists, occupational therapists and other mental health professionals.
The FEEL-KJ-2 can be administered in paper and pencil format or online via the Hogrefe Testsystem (HTS). Scoring is exclusively available through HTS.
Qualification level required:
Level 2. Please see our Test User Qualifications page for guidance.
Norms
A representative UK sample was collected in 2023-2024, matching data from the 2021 Census for region, ethnicity, and parental level of education. Within the UK sample, children, adolescents, and young adults were balanced by gender and age.
Administration Time
The FEEL-KJ-2 is untimed, and typically takes 25 minutes to complete.
Language Versions
The FEEL-KJ-2 is available in UK English, US English, German and Dutch.
Publication Date
2025
