Abstract

MASON, Tere A.; CALLEJA, Nazira; REYNOSO-CRUZ, José Eduardo  and  BERNAL-GAMBOA, Rodolfo. Psychometric Analysis of a Scale of Empathy in Mexican Children. Cienc. Psicol. [online]. 2019, vol.13, n.2, pp.223-234.  Epub Dec 01, 2019. ISSN 1688-4094.  https://doi.org/10.22235/cp.v13i2.1878.

Empathy is an affective response that allows establishing healthy relationships, generating a better coexistence between individuals, therefore, it is important to have valid and reliable instruments to measure that construct. The main goal of the present research was the adaptation and translation of an empathy scale for children. The scale has 28 items, it was applied to 293 children between 8 and 12 years old in Mexico City. Results showed a Cronbach's alpha of .753 on the overall scale, leaving 10 items. The validity of the construct was confirmed through the exploratory factorial analysis of principal components with varimax rotation, from that analysis three factors were obtained that explain 36.86% of variance. A confirmatory factorial analysis was also carried out, showing good indexes of adjustment of the model

Keywords : children; empathy; pro-sociality; scale; sympathy.

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