Moral Emotions Questionnaire

Quick Overview

• Available in English
• 17 items
• 3 scales measuring shame, guilt and pride
• response format: never, sometimes, often
• For young children
• Concurrent validity: MEQ scales showed acceptable internal consistencies, associations between the three moral emotions and externalizing behaviors, internalizing behaviors, and social competence were in accordance with previous research
• Questionnaire is developed by B.M.S. da Silva, L. Ketelaar, G. Veiga, Y. Tsou and C. Rieffe

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Publications about MEQ

Da Silva, B. M. S., Ketelaar, L., Veiga, G., Tsou, Y. T., & Rieffe, C. (2022). Moral emotions in early childhood: Validation of the Moral Emotions Questionnaire (MEQ). International Journal of Behavioral Development. doi: 10.1177/01650254221075031.

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