Assessing dispositional empathy in Adults: A french validation of the interpersonal reactivity index (IRI)

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-48

  Gilet, Anne Laure ^a   Mella, Nathalie ^b   Studer, Joseph ^b,c   Griihn, Daniel ^b   Labouvie Vief, Gisela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84873936864     PISSN: 0008400X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030425     Document Type: Article

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