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Score Reliability and Validity Evidence for the State-Interpersonal Reactivity Index: A Multidimensional Assessment of In-Session Counselor Empathy
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Johnson, David A.; Knight, Danielle N.; McHugh, Kelsey – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2021
Empathy for mental health professionals is often inferred from dispositional assessments that misrepresent the temporal, contextual, and multidimensional nature of empathy. This article presents the State-Interpersonal Reactivity Index, a multidimensional assessment of in-session empathy for mental health professionals. Results suggest good…
Descriptors: Test Reliability, Test Validity, Counselor Characteristics, Empathy
Development and Rasch Analysis of the Empathic Counselor Response Scale
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Bayne, Hannah B.; Hankey, Maria Stack – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2020
Empathy has been linked to therapeutic alliance and positive client outcomes. However, the operationalization of empathy varies in definition and measurement, presenting challenges for assessment. This study describes the formulation of the Empathic Counselor Response Scale (ECRS), examines scale properties using Rasch analysis, and considers…
Descriptors: Counselor Characteristics, Empathy, Likert Scales, Test Construction
Testing the Psychometric Properties of the Scale of Ethnocultural Empathy in Turkey
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Özdikmenli-Demir, Gözde; Demir, Serdar – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2014
The validity and reliability of the Scale of Ethnocultural Empathy (SEE) was tested using a sample of 348 emerging adult university students living in Turkey. Different from the original scale's four-factor structure, results of principal components analyses and confirmatory factor analyses exposed that there were three factors explaining 45% of…
Descriptors: Empathy, Psychometrics, Test Validity, Test Reliability
Replication of Structure Findings regarding the Interpersonal Reactivity Index.
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Carey, John C.; And Others – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1988
Attempted to verify multidimensional nature and item composition of Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) subscales through factor analysis. IRI responses from 365 female clinical dieticians and dietetic interns supported contention that IRI subscales measure four discernibly different empathy dimensions. (NB)
Descriptors: Adults, Empathy, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure