The basic empathy scale: A French validation of a measure of empathy in youth

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 160-165

  D'Ambrosio, Fanny ^a   Olivier, Marie ^a   Didon, Davina ^a   Besche, Chrystel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Basic Empathy Scale; Empathy; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649123303     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.09.020     Document Type: Article

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