Department of Basic Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Malaga, Campus Teatinos, s/n, 29071, Malaga, Spain.
Mol Autism. 2013 Sep 11;4(1):33. doi: 10.1186/2040-2392-4-33.
The 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes' (Eyes) test is an advanced test of theory of mind. It is widely used to assess individual differences in social cognition and emotion recognition across different groups and cultures. The present study examined distributions of responses and scores on a Spanish version of the test in a non-clinical Spanish adult population, and assessed test-retest reliability over a 1-year interval.
A total of 358 undergraduates of both sexes, age 18 to 65 years, completed the Spanish version of the test twice over an interval of 1 year. The Bland-Altman method was used to calculate test-retest reliability.
Distributions of responses and scores were optimal. Test-retest reliability for total score on the Eyes test was .63 (P <.01), based on the intraclass correlation coefficient. Test-retest reliability using the Bland-Altman method was fairly good.
This is the first study providing evidence that the Eyes test is reliable and stable over a 1-year period, in a non-clinical sample of adults.
“读心在眼睛”(Eyes)测试是一种高级的心理理论测试。它被广泛用于评估不同群体和文化之间的社会认知和情感识别的个体差异。本研究在非临床的西班牙成年人中,对测试的西班牙语版本的反应和得分分布进行了检验,并在 1 年的时间间隔内评估了测试的重测信度。
共有 358 名年龄在 18 至 65 岁之间的男女本科生,在 1 年的时间间隔内两次完成了西班牙版的测试。采用 Bland-Altman 方法计算重测信度。
反应和得分的分布最佳。Eyes 测试总分的重测信度为.63(P <.01),基于组内相关系数。Bland-Altman 方法的重测信度相当好。
这是第一项在非临床成人样本中,提供了 Eyes 测试在 1 年内可靠和稳定的证据的研究。