The QCAE: A questionnaire of cognitive and affective empathy

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-95

  Reniers, Renate L E P ^a,b   Corcoran, Rhiannon ^c   Drake, Richard ^b   Shryane, Nick M ^b   Völlm, Birgit A ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EMPATHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SEX RATIO; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGER; COGNITION; EMPATHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650589406     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2010.528484     Document Type: Article

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