Validation of the Chinese Empathy Questionnaire for Pre-School Children

IF 2.1 3区教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Early Education and Development Pub Date : 2024-07-07 DOI:10.1080/10409289.2024.2372938

Zijian Li, Boya Li, Yung-Ting Tsou, C. Rieffe

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Abstract

Empathy plays an important role in children’s early social-emotional development. However, there are not many instruments available for measuring the diﬀerent aspects/levels of empathy in preschool children. Moreover, few studies examined the validity of the existing measures for empathy in Chinese children. The present study tested the Chinese version of the Empathy Questionnaire (EmQue) upon a group of Chinese preschool children (N = 182) aged from 2 to 6 years. The Chinese EmQue is a parent-report translated from Dutch that assesses the behavioral manifestations of three distinct levels of empathy: emotion contagion, attention to others’ feelings, and prosocial behaviors among preschool children. Conﬁrmatory factor analysis showed satisfactory goodness-of-ﬁt indexes for a three-level structure with 19 loading items. The results of concurrent validity showed that the three levels of empathy were functioning diﬀerently in the early social-emotional development. We could conclude that the 19-item Chinese EmQue is a valid, reliable instrument for measuring empathy in 2-to 6-year-old children in the Chinese context.

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中国学龄前儿童移情问卷的验证

移情在儿童早期社会情感发展中发挥着重要作用。然而，目前用于测量学龄前儿童移情的不同方面和水平的工具并不多。此外，很少有研究对现有的共情测量工具在中国儿童中的有效性进行检验。本研究使用中文版移情问卷（EmQue）对2至6岁的中国学龄前儿童（182人）进行了测试。中文版移情问卷由荷兰语翻译而来，是一份家长报告，用于评估学龄前儿童在情绪传染、关注他人感受和亲社会行为这三个不同层面上的移情行为表现。假设性因子分析显示，19 个负荷项目的三级结构的良好性指数令人满意。并发效度结果显示，移情的三个水平在儿童早期社会情感发展中发挥着不同的作用。我们可以得出结论：19个项目的中文移情量表是一个有效、可靠的测量2-6岁中国儿童移情能力的工具。

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Early Education and Development Multiple-

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5.50

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10.30%

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期刊介绍： Early Education and Development (EE&D) is a professional journal for those involved in educational and preschool services and research related to children and their families: early education supervisors, school psychologists, daycare administrators, child development specialists, developmental and child clinical psychologists, and special education administrators. It is designed to emphasize the implications for practice of research and solid scientific information. The age range focused upon is preschool through the primary grades. EE&D is a connecting link between the research community in early education and child development and school district early education programs, daycare systems, and special needs preschool programs.