AN INDEX OF EMPATHY FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
AN INDEX OF EMPATHY FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1467-8624.1982.tb01331.x
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
BRYANT, BK
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作者:
BRYANT, BK
The development and validation of an index of empathy for use with children and adolescents is presented. First graders (56), 4th graders (115) and 7th graders (87) were studied. Item means, item-total correlations, test-retest reliabilities, correlations testing the relationship of empathy to aggressiveness and acceptance of individual differences, correlations testing the relationship of this adapted index of empathy to other existing measures of empathy as well as to social desirability response set and reading achievement formed the basis of internal, discriminant, convergent and general construct validation. The measure demonstrated satisfactory reliability and preliminary construct validity. The study of a subset of items controlling for same-sex vs. cross-sex stimulus figures provided the basis for investigating developmental aspects of empathic arousal toward peers of different sexes. The availability of comparable forms of a measure of empathy for use with children, adolescents and adults will be useful for exploring the developmental antecedents and conditions surrounding the expression of emotional empathy.