What is emotional autonomy and how is it assessed? What are some current concerns

regarding the methods used to assess this construct?

What will be an ideal response?

Emotional autonomy is our ability to regulate negative emotions, or take responsibility
for our emotional health. For example, adolescents, increasingly, need less emotional
support from parents and peers (at least, over the more minor issues). Because
emotional autonomy represents somewhat private thoughts and feelings, most assess
this construct using questionnaire methods, such as the Emotional Autonomy Scale. The
EAS assesses independence, as well as the adolescent's changing perceptions of their
parents as authority figures. One concern is that adolescents may not be necessarily
honest on such self report measures, which may account for the inconsistent
relationship between emotional autonomy and adolescent adjustment.