Redondo Iratxe, Herrero-Fernández David
a Development and Educational Psychology , University of the Basque Country , Leioa , Spain.
b Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences , Universidad Europea del Atlántico , Santander , Spain.
Cogn Neuropsychiatry. 2018 Jul;23(4):201-217. doi: 10.1080/13546805.2018.1461618. Epub 2018 Apr 11.
The aim of this study was to build a Spanish version of the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) including limited time of response and an integrated glossary, and to test its validity.
A total of 433 university students (121 men and 350 women) and 38 anorexic women completed the RMET and other related measures of empathy and alexithymia. The results of the Parallel Analysis suggested a unidimensional structure for 19 items, which was verified through a Confirmatory Factor Analysis.
Similarly to other research, this factor had a low reliability (α = .56, ρ = .59); however, regarding validity, the total score of the instrument showed positive correlations with empathy and negatives with alexithymia. Furthermore, healthy females were superior to males in RMET, and to anorexic women; but no significant differences appeared between healthy men and the anorexic group.
This study confirms the validity of the test and permits a relatively short and inexpensive means of administration in large samples of adults. Besides, it suggests the necessity of assessing and treating the theory of mind in anorexic women.
本研究的目的是构建一个西班牙语版的《读心术眼测试》（RMET），包括有限的反应时间和一个综合词汇表，并测试其有效性。
共有433名大学生（121名男性和350名女性）和38名厌食症女性完成了RMET以及其他相关的共情和述情障碍测量。平行分析结果表明19个项目具有单维结构，这通过验证性因素分析得到了证实。
与其他研究类似，该因素的信度较低（α = 0.56，ρ = 0.59）；然而，在效度方面，该工具的总分与共情呈正相关，与述情障碍呈负相关。此外，健康女性在RMET测试中的表现优于男性，也优于厌食症女性；但健康男性与厌食症组之间没有显著差异。
本研究证实了该测试的有效性，并允许在大量成人样本中采用相对简短且成本低廉的施测方式。此外，研究表明有必要对厌食症女性的心理理论进行评估和治疗。
