Measuring empathic tendencies: Reliability and validity of the Dutch version of the interpersonal reactivity index

Psychologica Belgica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 235-260

  De Corte, Kim ^a   Buysse, Ann ^b   Verhofstadt, Lesley L ^b   Roeyers, Herbert ^b   Ponnet, Koen ^c   Davis, Mark H ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 55949109721     PISSN: 00332879     EISSN: 2054670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/pb-47-4-235     Document Type: Article

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