ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews several of the more widely researched measures of nonverbal and emotional expressiveness and discusses briefly a few closely related measures that may be of interest to nonverbal communication researchers. The Affective Communication Test, or ACT, was one of the first self-report measures of nonverbal expressiveness. The Emotional Expressivity Scale (EES) presents emotional expressiveness as a trait-like construct reflecting the degree to which individuals express their emotions. The Berkeley Expressivity Questionnaire (BEQ) was derived from a theoretical model that viewed emotional expressivity as a trait-like construct composed of the strength of an individual's emotional reactivity. The Emotional Expressivity Questionnaire (EEQ) was developed as an alternative to the Affective Communication Test, and was, according to the authors, more narrowly focused on emotional expressiveness. Validation work suggests that self-report measures of nonverbal/emotional expressiveness are indeed related to actual nonverbal displays of emotions, so they are useful and valid tools for the nonverbal researcher.
