The Perth Empathy Scale: Psychometric Properties of the Polish Version and Its Mental Health Correlates
The Perth Empathy Scale (PES) is a 20-item self-report questionnaire that assesses people’s ability to recognize emotions in others (i.e., cognitive empathy) and vicariously experience other’s emotions (i.e., affective empathy), across positive and negative emotions. Originally developed in English,...
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| description | The Perth Empathy Scale (PES) is a 20-item self-report questionnaire that assesses people’s ability to recognize emotions in others (i.e., cognitive empathy) and vicariously experience other’s emotions (i.e., affective empathy), across positive and negative emotions. Originally developed in English, the aim of our study was to introduce the first Polish version of the PES and test its psychometric performance. Our sample was 318 people (184 females, 134 males) with ages ranging from 18 to 77. The factor structure was verified with confirmatory factor analysis. Reliability was tested in terms of internal consistency and test–retest reliability. To explore convergent, divergent, and discriminant validity, we examined relationships between the PES and measures of depression, anxiety, and emotional intelligence. It was shown that the scale was characterized by the intended four-factor solution, thus supporting factorial validity. The internal consistency reliability was also good and test–retest reliability was moderate. The convergent, divergent, and discriminant validity were strong. The clinical importance of assessing affective empathy across both positive and negative emotions was supported. Overall, our results therefore suggest that the Polish version of the PES has strong psychometric performance and clinical relevance as a measure of the multidimensional empathy construct. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff8f81ffda6345c6a8744128de97f5d42023-11-24T14:38:55ZengMDPI AGEuropean Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education2174-81442254-96252023-11-0113112615262910.3390/ejihpe13110182The Perth Empathy Scale: Psychometric Properties of the Polish Version and Its Mental Health CorrelatesPaweł Larionow0David A. Preece1Faculty of Psychology, Kazimierz Wielki University, 85-064 Bydgoszcz, PolandFaculty of Health Sciences, School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6102, AustraliaThe Perth Empathy Scale (PES) is a 20-item self-report questionnaire that assesses people’s ability to recognize emotions in others (i.e., cognitive empathy) and vicariously experience other’s emotions (i.e., affective empathy), across positive and negative emotions. Originally developed in English, the aim of our study was to introduce the first Polish version of the PES and test its psychometric performance. Our sample was 318 people (184 females, 134 males) with ages ranging from 18 to 77. The factor structure was verified with confirmatory factor analysis. Reliability was tested in terms of internal consistency and test–retest reliability. To explore convergent, divergent, and discriminant validity, we examined relationships between the PES and measures of depression, anxiety, and emotional intelligence. It was shown that the scale was characterized by the intended four-factor solution, thus supporting factorial validity. The internal consistency reliability was also good and test–retest reliability was moderate. The convergent, divergent, and discriminant validity were strong. The clinical importance of assessing affective empathy across both positive and negative emotions was supported. Overall, our results therefore suggest that the Polish version of the PES has strong psychometric performance and clinical relevance as a measure of the multidimensional empathy construct.https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/13/11/182affective empathyanxietycognitive empathydepressionempathynegative emotions |
| spellingShingle | Paweł Larionow David A. Preece The Perth Empathy Scale: Psychometric Properties of the Polish Version and Its Mental Health Correlates European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education affective empathy anxiety cognitive empathy depression empathy negative emotions |
| title | The Perth Empathy Scale: Psychometric Properties of the Polish Version and Its Mental Health Correlates |
| title_full | The Perth Empathy Scale: Psychometric Properties of the Polish Version and Its Mental Health Correlates |
| title_fullStr | The Perth Empathy Scale: Psychometric Properties of the Polish Version and Its Mental Health Correlates |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Perth Empathy Scale: Psychometric Properties of the Polish Version and Its Mental Health Correlates |
| title_short | The Perth Empathy Scale: Psychometric Properties of the Polish Version and Its Mental Health Correlates |
| title_sort | perth empathy scale psychometric properties of the polish version and its mental health correlates |
| topic | affective empathy anxiety cognitive empathy depression empathy negative emotions |
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