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Curr Psychol (2007) 26:37–45 DOI 10.1007/s12144-007-9004-8 Reconstructing N: A New Approach to Measuring Emotional Sensitivity Leticia Guarino Derek Roger Daniel Thor Olason Published online: 5 September 2007 # Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2007 Abstract Neuroticism (N) assesses emotional sensitivity or lability, but the construct is poorly defined and instruments used to assess N are marred by a number of psychometric shortcomings. Neuroticism is also described in an overtly pejorative way, with items keyed for themes reflecting low self-esteem, anxiety, and depression. The present paper presents a revised model based on a new questionnaire entitled the Emotional Sensitivity Scale (ESS). Using an innovative scenario technique to generate items, exploratory factor analysis of the responses of 242 participants yielded orthogonal dimensions for positive (other-oriented) and negative (self-centered) emotional sensitivity, and the structure was confirmed using confirmatory factor analysis. Validation studies showed that the ESS dimensions were related in systematic ways to related psychometric instruments and that, as predicted, participants scoring high on the positive dimension were better able to recognize displayed emotions. The new scale offers a basis for extending the research on emotional sensitivity using empirically discriminable positive and negative components. Keywords Neuroticism . Emotional sensitivity . Other-oriented L. Guarino Simón Bolivar University, Caracas, Venezuela D. Roger (*) Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand e-mail: derek.roger@canterbury.ac.nz D. Roger University of York, York, UK D. T. Olason University of Reykjavik, Reykjavik, Iceland 38