Psychology: Research and Review
From: Psychometric properties of empathy questionnaire for Spanish adolescents
Mean of the scale if the item is eliminated | Variance of the scale if the item is eliminated | Corrected element-total correlation | Cronbach’s alpha if the item is eliminated | ||
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Factor 1: cognitive empathy | |||||
1. | I can often understand how people are feeling even before they tell me. | 37.793 | 40.897 | .522 | .826 |
2. | I can tell when a friend is angry even if he/she tries to hide it. | 37.520 | 41.405 | .465 | .830 |
3. | I can tell when someone acts happy, when they actually are not. | 38.081 | 41.153 | .441 | .831 |
4. | I can easily tell how others are feeling. | 38.115 | 40.970 | .443 | .831 |
Factor 2: affective empathy | |||||
5. | When a friend is scared, I feel afraid. | 38.734 | 38.943 | .559 | .823 |
6. | When my friend is sad, I become sad too. | 37.859 | 38.195 | .601 | .819 |
7. | When a friend is angry, I feel angry too. | 38.754 | 38.942 | .545 | .824 |
8. | When people around me are nervous, I become nervous too. | 38.298 | 39.108 | .435 | .834 |
Factor 3: empathic concern | |||||
9. | I feel sorry for someone who is treated unfairly. | 36.966 | 40.418 | .530 | .825 |
10. | I feel concerned for other people who are sick. | 37.161 | 39.690 | .573 | .822 |
11. | I am concerned for animals that are hurt. | 37.474 | 39.551 | .410 | .836 |
12. | I feel sorry for a friend who feels sad. | 37.254 | 39.182 | .563 | .822 |