Spreng R Nathan, McKinnon Margaret C, Mar Raymond A, Levine Brian
Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
J Pers Assess. 2009 Jan;91(1):62-71. doi: 10.1080/00223890802484381.
To formulate a parsimonious tool to assess empathy, we used factor analysis on a combination of self-report measures to examine consensus and developed a brief self-report measure of this common factor. The Toronto Empathy Questionnaire (TEQ) represents empathy as a primarily emotional process. In 3 studies, the TEQ demonstrated strong convergent validity, correlating positively with behavioral measures of social decoding, self-report measures of empathy, and negatively with a measure of Autism symptomatology. Moreover, it exhibited good internal consistency and high test-retest reliability. The TEQ is a brief, reliable, and valid instrument for the assessment of empathy.
为了制定一个简洁的共情评估工具，我们对一系列自我报告测量方法进行了因素分析，以检验其一致性，并开发了一种针对这一共同因素的简短自我报告测量方法。多伦多共情问卷（TEQ）将共情描述为一个主要的情感过程。在3项研究中，TEQ显示出很强的收敛效度，与社会解码行为测量、共情自我报告测量呈正相关，与自闭症症状测量呈负相关。此外，它还表现出良好的内部一致性和较高的重测信度。TEQ是一种用于评估共情的简短、可靠且有效的工具。
