Psychometric properties of the questionnaire of cognitive and affective empathy in a Portuguese sample
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Resumo: | Empathy is an important concept in psychology and cognitive neuroscience. Despite the controversy around its definition, most researchers would agree that empathy is a multidimensional phenomenon which involves a vicarious experience of another person's affective state and an understanding of another person's affective experience. Self-report measures of empathy constitute an important tool for both research and clinical practice. The main goal of this study was to adapt and study the psychometric properties of the Questionnaire of Cognitive and Affective Empathy (QCAE), a worldwide used measure of empathy, in a Portuguese community sample (N = 562). Confirmatory factor analyses supported the factor structure of the original QCAE. Results show that the Portuguese version of the QCAE has sound psychometric properties, with good structural validity and internal consistency for both scales (i.e., affective and cognitive) and respective subscales of the instrument (i.e., Emotion Contagion, Proximal Responsivity, Peripheral Responsivity, Perspective Taking and Online Simulation). We tested both a five correlated factor structure (Model 1) and a second-order model that postulates the affective and cognitive dimensions (Model 2). Our results show that while both models present acceptable goodness of fit indices, Model 1 performs slightly better. In conclusion, the Portuguese version of the QCAE may prove a useful tool for future cross-cultural assessments of empathy in both research and clinical practice. |
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Psychometric properties of the questionnaire of cognitive and affective empathy in a Portuguese sampleAdolescentAdultCognitionEmotionsEmpathyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPortugalSelf ReportSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultPsychometricsScience & TechnologyEmpathy is an important concept in psychology and cognitive neuroscience. Despite the controversy around its definition, most researchers would agree that empathy is a multidimensional phenomenon which involves a vicarious experience of another person's affective state and an understanding of another person's affective experience. Self-report measures of empathy constitute an important tool for both research and clinical practice. The main goal of this study was to adapt and study the psychometric properties of the Questionnaire of Cognitive and Affective Empathy (QCAE), a worldwide used measure of empathy, in a Portuguese community sample (N = 562). Confirmatory factor analyses supported the factor structure of the original QCAE. Results show that the Portuguese version of the QCAE has sound psychometric properties, with good structural validity and internal consistency for both scales (i.e., affective and cognitive) and respective subscales of the instrument (i.e., Emotion Contagion, Proximal Responsivity, Peripheral Responsivity, Perspective Taking and Online Simulation). We tested both a five correlated factor structure (Model 1) and a second-order model that postulates the affective and cognitive dimensions (Model 2). Our results show that while both models present acceptable goodness of fit indices, Model 1 performs slightly better. In conclusion, the Portuguese version of the QCAE may prove a useful tool for future cross-cultural assessments of empathy in both research and clinical practice.This work was supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) grants awarded to ASC (PTDC/MHC-PCN/2296/2014; SFRH/BPD/94970/2013), co-financed by FEDER through COMPETE2020 under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016747). JC was supported during the writing of this paper by an FCT postdoctoral grant (SFRH/BPD/75014/2010) and by BIAL foundation (87/12). This work was conducted at Psychology Research Centre (UID/PSI/01662/2013), University of Minho, supported by the FCT, co-financed by FEDER through COMPETE2020 under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007653).Public Library of Science (PLOS)Universidade do MinhoQueirós, AndreiaFernandes, EugéniaReniers, RenateSampaio, AdrianaCoutinho, JoanaSeara-Cardoso, Ana20182018-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/63790engQueirós A, Fernandes E, Reniers R, Sampaio A, Coutinho J, Seara-Cardoso A (2018) Psychometric properties of the questionnaire of cognitive and affective empathy in a Portuguese sample. PLoS ONE 13(6): e0197755. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.01977551932-620310.1371/journal.pone.019775529856825https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0197755info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:36:20Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/63790Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:32:22.691526Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Psychometric properties of the questionnaire of cognitive and affective empathy in a Portuguese sample |
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Psychometric properties of the questionnaire of cognitive and affective empathy in a Portuguese sample |
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Psychometric properties of the questionnaire of cognitive and affective empathy in a Portuguese sample Queirós, Andreia Adolescent Adult Cognition Emotions Empathy Female Humans Male Middle Aged Portugal Self Report Surveys and Questionnaires Young Adult Psychometrics Science & Technology |
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Psychometric properties of the questionnaire of cognitive and affective empathy in a Portuguese sample |
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Psychometric properties of the questionnaire of cognitive and affective empathy in a Portuguese sample |
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Psychometric properties of the questionnaire of cognitive and affective empathy in a Portuguese sample |
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Psychometric properties of the questionnaire of cognitive and affective empathy in a Portuguese sample |
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Psychometric properties of the questionnaire of cognitive and affective empathy in a Portuguese sample |
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Queirós, Andreia |
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Queirós, Andreia Fernandes, Eugénia Reniers, Renate Sampaio, Adriana Coutinho, Joana Seara-Cardoso, Ana |
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Fernandes, Eugénia Reniers, Renate Sampaio, Adriana Coutinho, Joana Seara-Cardoso, Ana |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Queirós, Andreia Fernandes, Eugénia Reniers, Renate Sampaio, Adriana Coutinho, Joana Seara-Cardoso, Ana |
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Adolescent Adult Cognition Emotions Empathy Female Humans Male Middle Aged Portugal Self Report Surveys and Questionnaires Young Adult Psychometrics Science & Technology |
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Adolescent Adult Cognition Emotions Empathy Female Humans Male Middle Aged Portugal Self Report Surveys and Questionnaires Young Adult Psychometrics Science & Technology |
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Empathy is an important concept in psychology and cognitive neuroscience. Despite the controversy around its definition, most researchers would agree that empathy is a multidimensional phenomenon which involves a vicarious experience of another person's affective state and an understanding of another person's affective experience. Self-report measures of empathy constitute an important tool for both research and clinical practice. The main goal of this study was to adapt and study the psychometric properties of the Questionnaire of Cognitive and Affective Empathy (QCAE), a worldwide used measure of empathy, in a Portuguese community sample (N = 562). Confirmatory factor analyses supported the factor structure of the original QCAE. Results show that the Portuguese version of the QCAE has sound psychometric properties, with good structural validity and internal consistency for both scales (i.e., affective and cognitive) and respective subscales of the instrument (i.e., Emotion Contagion, Proximal Responsivity, Peripheral Responsivity, Perspective Taking and Online Simulation). We tested both a five correlated factor structure (Model 1) and a second-order model that postulates the affective and cognitive dimensions (Model 2). Our results show that while both models present acceptable goodness of fit indices, Model 1 performs slightly better. In conclusion, the Portuguese version of the QCAE may prove a useful tool for future cross-cultural assessments of empathy in both research and clinical practice. |
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Queirós A, Fernandes E, Reniers R, Sampaio A, Coutinho J, Seara-Cardoso A (2018) Psychometric properties of the questionnaire of cognitive and affective empathy in a Portuguese sample. PLoS ONE 13(6): e0197755. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197755 1932-6203 10.1371/journal.pone.0197755 29856825 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0197755 |
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