Emotional Climate Inventory

by Peter D. Ladd, Ph.D., Department of Education, St. Lawrence University

The Emotional Climate Inventory is an instrument for surveying emotions found in everyday living. The Inventory gives a profile of ten scales that survey the emotional climate found in your; family, school, workplace, or community.

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Each scale includes two emotional climates—one considered unstable and another more stable. For example, the Anger vs. Reason Scale compares the level of anger to the level of reason found in your; family, school, workplace or community.

The results of the Inventory are for discussion purposes in the field of conflict resolution. The statements in the scales came from hundreds of people describing their experiences with the twenty emotions found in the scales.

The Emotional Climate Inventory evaluates the emotions found in your area of interest. You may use all the scales, or use some of them, according to the specific climate you are evaluating. You also can compare different questions on one scale. Hopefully, it will help you develop a working plan for improving the emotional climate in an area important to you.

The Emotional Climate Inventory can also be found in the book, Mediation, Conciliation and Emotions published through, University Press of America. The book can be purchased online from the Brewer Bookstore at St. Lawrence University www.brewerbookstore.com.

The Emotional Climate Inventory surveys the following four areas. Check your area of interest:

Family: Family stability and instability can be affected by the emotional climate found among the interactions of family members. Check if you are using the Inventory to survey a family.

School: The emotional climate in a school can have an impact on; learning, teaching, socialization and culture. Check if you are using the Inventory to survey a school.

Workplace: The workplace climate can affect; morale, productivity, performance and advancement. Check if you are using the Inventory to survey a workplace.

Community: A community includes any general group of people who interact with each other and have established a specific emotional climate. Write in, your specific community.