Assessing empathy in salvadoran high-risk and gang-involved adolescents and young adults: A spanish validation of the basic empathy scale

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1393-1416

  Salas Wright, Christopher P ^a   Olate, René ^b   Vaughn, Michael G ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cross cultural measurement; El Salvador; empathy; high risk adolescents and young adults; street gangs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIME; CROSS-CULTURAL MEASUREMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EL SALVADOR; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HIGH-RISK ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; STREET GANGS; VALIDATION STUDY; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

CROSS-CULTURAL MEASUREMENT; EL SALVADOR; EMPATHY; HIGH-RISK ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS; STREET GANGS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EL SALVADOR; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881221345     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X12455170     Document Type: Article

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