The EMWSS_Peers included 21 itens rated on a 5-point Likert scale that assess warmth and safeness feelings in the interaction with peers. Respondents are prompted to reflect about their feelings and emotions throughout childhood and adolescence regarding their peer/friends group.
This version is for use with adolescents and is a unidimensional instrument. No item is inverted.
(2011) Cunha, Marina; Matos, Marcela; Pinto-Gouveia, José; Xavier, Ana
The EMWSS-A is a self-report questionnaire that measures recall of feeling warm, safe and cared for in childhood, i.e., early positive memories of warmth and affect (e.g., "I felt secure and safe"; "I felt that I was a cherished member of my family"). This is a 21-item scale rated on a 5-point Likert scale (0= No, never; 1= Yes, but rarely; 2= Yes, sometimes; 3= Yes, often; 4= Yes, most of the time). The confirmatory factor analysis of the Portuguese version of the EMWSS-A presented, like its original version, an interpretable single component structure, excellent estimated internal consistency, good test-retest reliability, and convergence with similar scales.