title: [Psychometric properties of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index in Spanish child and adolescent population].
abstract: This article analyses the dimensions of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI; Davis, 1980). The sample comprised 721 Spanish participants between 9 and 16 years old. Diverse exploratory factor analyses were conducted as the basis for the final confirmatory factor analysis, through self-report. The results supported a structure with 5 first-order main factors (Intellectual empathy, Positive emotional empathy, Disorganized emotional empathy, Virtual empathy, and Impassiveness), where the two first factors are nested in a second-order dimension: "Considerate Social Style". The psychometric characteristics of the instrument were adequate. The proposed model is a new alternative to conceptualize the factor structure of empathy.
authors: Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain.
authors: Miguel Angel
authors: MA
authors: Carrasco Ortiz
authors: Begoña
authors: B
authors: Delgado Egido
authors: María Isabel
authors: MI
authors: Barbero García
authors: Francisco Pablo
authors: FP
authors: Holgado Tello
authors: María Victoria
authors: MV
authors: del Barrio Gándara
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011594:Psychometrics; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires