Reliability and validity of the Korean version of the Empathy Quotient scale

Psychiatry Investigation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-30

  Kim, Juhee ^a   Lee, Seung Jae ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Empathy Quotient; Interpersonal Reactivity Index; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPATHY; EMPATHY QUOTIENT SCALE; FEMALE; GINSENG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KOREA; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

EID: 77950846287     PISSN: 17383684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4306/pi.2010.7.1.24     Document Type: Article

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