Abstract

LANDABUR AYALA, Rodrigo Antonio; MIGUEZ CAVIERES, Gonzalo Javier; LABORDA ROJAS, Mario Arturo  and  SALINAS CHAUD, María Isabel. Factor Analysis of the Situational Scale of Emotional Empathy in a University Chilean Sample. Act.Colom.Psicol. [online]. 2023, vol.26, n.2, pp.76-86.  Epub Sep 28, 2023. ISSN 0123-9155.  https://doi.org/10.14718/acp.2023.26.2.7.

Empathic concern and personal distress are the emotional components of empathy according to most utilized models. These components can be conceptualized in a dispositional or situational form. Previous analyzes tend to consider dispositional scales, with little evidence for situational ones. The present study analyzed the factor structure of a situational scale of emotional empathy, composed of empathic concern and personal distress. In a convenience sample of Chilean university students (N = 539), the one-order and second-order fit of the scale was analyzed using factor analysis. The results indicated a good (X2/gl = 4.189, CFI = .964, ТЫ = .932, SRMR = .042, RMSEA = .086, AIC = 12041.418, BIC = 12097.185) and better Ct2 difference(1) = 16.689, p < .001, |ΔCFI| = .237, |ΔRMSEA| = .636, y |ΔSRMR| = .076, all of them > .01, |ΔAIC| = 211.633 > 10, y |ΔBIC| = 207.342 > 10) second-order fit while one-order did not show a good fit (X2/gl = 20.878, CFI = .727, ты = .544, SRMR = .118, RMSEA = .224, AIC = 12253.051, BIC = 12304.527). The results were consistent with the literature. The need for new types of validity and the use of more representative samples was discussed.

Keywords : Empathic concern; personal distress; factor analysis; empathy.

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