del Barrio Victoria, Aluja Anton, García Luis F
Department of Personality, Faculty of Psychology, National University of Distance Education, Madrid, Spain.
Psychol Rep. 2004 Aug;95(1):257-62. doi: 10.2466/pr0.95.1.257-262.
The present study investigated the following issues: (1) the structure of Bryant's Empathy Index for children and adolescents in a Spanish sample of 408 boys and 424 girls (M age=14.4 yr.), and (2) sex differences, including effect sizes and internal consistency of the scale. A principal components factor analysis with oblimin rotation showed that 20 of the index's 22 items load on three robust factors, related to Feelings of Sadness, Understanding Feelings, and Tearful Reaction with regard to the emotions of others. The 3-factor structure obtained an adequate fit to the data in the confirmatory factor analysis. Coefficients alpha ranged between .72 and .78. The 3 factors accounted for 42% of variance. As expected, girls scored higher than boys. It was concluded that the Spanish version of Bryant's Empathy Index has an acceptable reliability and construct validity, making it useful for research.
（1）在一个由408名男孩和424名女孩（平均年龄 = 14.4岁）组成的西班牙样本中，儿童和青少年的布莱恩特移情指数的结构；（2）性别差异，包括效应大小和量表的内部一致性。采用斜交旋转的主成分因子分析表明，该指数22个项目中的20个项目负载于三个稳健因子，分别与悲伤情绪、理解他人情绪和对他人情绪的流泪反应相关。在验证性因子分析中，三因子结构与数据拟合良好。α系数在0.72至0.78之间。这三个因子解释了42%的方差。正如预期的那样，女孩得分高于男孩。研究得出结论，布莱恩特移情指数的西班牙语版本具有可接受的信度和结构效度，对研究具有实用性。
