Cross-cultural validation of the empathy quotient in a French-speaking sample

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 469-477

  Berthoz, Sylvie ^a   Wessa, Michele ^b   Kedia, Gayannee ^c,d   Wicker, Bruno ^e   Grèzes, Julie ^f  

^a INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c SERVICE HOSPITALIER FRÉDÉRIC JOLIOT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Empathizing; Reliability; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EMPATHY; EMPATHY QUOTIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

EID: 48249103940     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370805300712     Document Type: Article

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