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ACES: Assessment of Children's Emotion Skills


Author(s) / Publisher(s):
  • English original (US)
    Author: D. Schultz, C. Trentacosta, C. E. Izard, P. Leaf, & A. Mostow.
    Publisher: Free measure that can be obtained directly from Dr. David Schultz, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Link to the measure
  • Portuguese translation (PT)
    Author: D. Alves.

Age range: 3-7 years
Constructs: Social awareness, Self-awareness
Sources of information: Child
Formats for administration: Direct assessment
Administration: Individual assessment. The measures contain three sections. The first two (situations and behaviours) require children to rate how characters in the item statements feel; the third part requires children to identify emotions from given photographs.
Download document: AM-004-ACES.pdf