Assessing Dispositional Empathy in Adults: A French Validation of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI)

被引：184
作者：
Gilet, Anne-Laure [1 ]
Mella, Nathalie [2 ]
Studer, Joseph [2 ,3 ,4 ]
Gruehn, Daniel [5 ]
Labouvie-Vief, Gisela
机构：
[1] Univ Nantes, Fac Psychol, LPPL EA 4638, Dept Psychol, F-44312 Nantes 3, France
[2] Univ Geneva, Fac Psychol & Educ Sci, Geneva, Switzerland
[3] Univ Lausanne Hosp, Alcohol Treatment Ctr, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
[4] Univ Lausanne Hosp, CHUV, Serv Old Age Psychiat, Lausanne, Switzerland
[5] N Carolina State Univ, Dept Psychol, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
来源：
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE-REVUE CANADIENNE DES SCIENCES DU COMPORTEMENT | 2013年 / 45卷 / 01期
关键词：
empathy; Interpersonal Reactivity Index; French validation; adults; SEX-DIFFERENCES; QUOTIENT; EMOTION; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; VERSION; GENDER; AGE;
D O I：
10.1037/a0030425
中图分类号：
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号：
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要：
The goal of this study was to validate a French version of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), a self-report questionnaire comprised of four subscales assessing affective (empathic concern and personal distress) and cognitive (fantasy and perspective taking) components of empathy. To accomplish this, 322 adults (18 to 89 years) completed the French version of the IRI (F-IRI). A confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the four-factor structure of the original IRI. The F-IRI showed good scale score reliability, test-retest reliability, and convergent validity, tested with the French version of the Empathy Quotient. These findings confirmed the reliability and validity of the F-IRI and suggest that the F-IRI is a useful instrument to measure self-reported empathy. In addition, we observed sex and age differences consistent with findings in the literature. Women reported higher scores in empathic concern and fantasy than men. Older adults reported less personal distress and less fantasy.
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