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Basic Empathy Scale – Adolescents

(BES-A)

Research Group
CBPI
Contacts Luiza Isabel Gomes Freire Nobre Lima

TITLE OF THE PORTUGUESE VERSION

Escala Básica de Empatia - Adolescentes

ORIGINAL VERSION

Jolliffe, D., & Farrington, D. P. (2006)

PORTUGUESE VERSION

Anastácio, S., Vagos, P., Nobre-Lima, L., Rijo, D., & Jolliffe, D. (2016)

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The BES-A addresses two dimensions of empathy, namely affective empathy (i.e., eight items) and cognitive empathy (i.e., eight items.). Its Portuguese version was validated using a community adolescent sample aged 12 to 18 years old.

REFERENCES

  • Anastácio, S., Vagos, P., Nobre-Lima, L., & Rijo, D. (2016). The Portuguese version of the Basic Empathy Scale (BES): Dimensionality and measurement invariance in a community adolescent sample. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 13, 614-623. doi:10.1080/17405629.2016.1167681 http://hdl.handle.net/10316/46632

  • Jolliffe, D., & Farrington, D. P. (2006). Development and validation of the Basic Empathy Scale. Journal of Adolescence, 29, 589-611.