The Toronto empathy questionnaire: Scale development and initial validation of a factor-analytic solution to multiple empathy measures

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-71

  Spreng, R Nathan ^a   McKinnon, Margaret C ^b,c   Mar, Raymond A ^d   Levine, Brian ^a,e,f  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 57649231826     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890802484381     Document Type: Article

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