儿童共情问卷的修订及信效度检验

Revision and Validation of the Empathy Questionnaire

为解决目前国内缺少探讨儿童共情发展的工具这一问题,研究者翻译了儿童共情问卷(Empathy Questionnaire),并先后对多个样本进行施测。样本1和样本2的信度分析结果显示该问卷具有较好的内部一致性和跨时间稳定性,验证性因素分析的结果表明,儿童共情问卷是三因素结构,包括情绪感染、情感关注和亲社会行为,该结构具有性别测量等值性。样本3的效度检验显示儿童共情问卷的结果与共情故事任务的结果高度相关。综上所述,儿童共情问卷具有较好的信度和效度,可以作为测量儿童共情水平的一般工具。

Currently,instruments to study the development of empathy in childhood are hardly available in China.In order to fill this gap,the authors translated the Empathy Questionnaire,and successively administered in multiple samples.Samples 1 and 2 results on reliability showed good internal consistency and temporal stability.Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the Empathy Questionnaire had a three-factor structure,including emotion contagion,attention to others feelings and prosocial actions.Moreover,such structure was strictly invariant across genders.To exam the criterion validity of the questionnaire,the empathy of Sample 3 was measured by the questionnaire and an empathy vignette task at the same time.Results showed that the score on the questionnaire was closely related to the performance in empathy vignette task.Taken together,the results above showed that the translated Empathy Questionnaire was high in reliability and validity,and could be used as a general tool to measure children's empathy.