Validation du quotient empathique en Chine continentale

Aperçu: G.M.

Cette recherche visait à valider une version chinoise simplifiée du quotient d'empathie (EQ; 60 items) à utiliser avec les Chinois continentaux.

L'analyse des facteurs de confirmation a suggéré qu'un modèle structurel EQ 15-items a bien adapté les données. L'empathie auto-évaluée, telle qu'évaluée par la version chinoise simplifiée actuelle de l'égalisation, semblait se rapporter aux traits autistiques et alexithymiques des participants, mais pas au sexe. 

J Pers Assess. 2017 May 24:1-10. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2017.1324458.

Validation of the Empathy Quotient in Mainland China

Zhao Q¹, Neumann DL², Cao X³, Baron-Cohen S⁴, Sun X^4,5,6, Cao Y⁷, Yan C⁸, Wang Y⁹, Shao L¹⁰, Shum DHK².

Author information

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a School of Applied Psychology and Menzies Health Institute Queensland , Griffith University , Brisbane , Australia.

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b School of Applied Psychology and Menzies Health Institute Queensland , Griffith University , Gold Coast Campus, Southport , Australia.

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c Department of Psychology , Southwest Medical University, Luzhou , Sichuan , China.

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d Department of Psychiatry , University of Cambridge , United Kingdom.

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e MIND Institute, University of California , Davis.

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f Psychology Department , The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , China.

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g School of Psychology , University of Queensland , Brisbane , Australia.

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h Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics (MOE & STCSM) , East China Normal University , Shanghai , China.

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i Flight Technology College , Civil Aviation University of China , Tianjin , China.

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j CapitalBio Corporation , Beijing , China.

Abstract

This research aimed to validate a simplified Chinese version of the Empathy Quotient (EQ; 60 items) for use with Mainland Chinese people. The original English version of the EQ was translated into simplified Chinese. Through an online survey, 588 Mainland Chinese participants completed the EQ and 3 other questionnaires: the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ), and the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). Thirty-five participants completed retesting of the EQ 3 to 4 weeks later. Sex differences on the EQ scores and psychometric properties of the EQ items were examined. Confirmatory factor analysis suggested that an EQ 15-item structural model fitted the data quite well. Self-report empathy, as assessed by the current simplified Chinese version of the EQ, appeared to relate to participants' autistic and alexithymic traits but not sex.

PMID: 28537758

DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2017.1324458