title: The structure of Bryant's Empathy Index for children: a cross-validation study.
abstract: The present study examined the structure of Bryant's Empathy Index (BEI) using different samples for conducting exploratory and confirmatory analyses. The BEI was administered to a sample of 2714 children (mean age 11.12, SD = 1.59). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses showed a three-factor structure: Feelings of Sadness, Understanding Feelings and Tearful Reaction. The results revealed both the multidimensionality of the instrument and appropriate fit indices for the model proposed. Although these results were very similar to those reported in other studies with a Spanish population, the analyses were conducted in a more robust way: with a larger sample and using polychoric correlations and cross validation estimation.
authors.affiliation: Dpto. Personalidad Evaluación y Tratamientos Psicológicos, Facultad de Psicología, UNED, Ciudad Universitaria, C/Juan del Rosal, 10, 28040 Madrid, Spain. alasa@psi.uned.es
authors.forename: Amaia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lasa Aristu
authors.forename: Francisco Pablo
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Holgado Tello
authors.forename: Miguel Angel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Carrasco Ortiz
authors.forename: María Victoria
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: del Barrio Gándara
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013030:Spain