Abstract

MERINO-SOTO, CÉSAR  and  GRIMALDO-MUCHOTRIGO, MIRIAN. Structural Validation of the Basic Empathy Scale Modified for Adolescents: A Preliminary Study. Rev. colomb. psicol. [online]. 2015, vol.24, n.2, pp.261-270. ISSN 0121-5469.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v24n2.42514.

A preliminary study was conducted to verify the structure of a 9-item version of the Basic Empathy Scale (BES), an instrument that evaluates emotional and cognitive empathy. The participants were 135 adolescents between 11 and 18 years of age (M=14, SD=1.4) in compulsory education in an urban region of metropolitan Lima. A structural equation methodology for confirming the structure and the Schmid-Leiman transformation for evaluating the bi-dimensional model were used. The results indicate that a crosswise 2-factor model is satisfactory for the data, with reliability greater than .70, and that the interpretation of a single score, as has been done before, is not justified. The differences in the interpretation of the models and the assessment of the factorial methodology are discussed.

Keywords : empathy; Basic Empathy Scale; interpersonal; adolescents.

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