The basic empathy scale in adults (BES-A): Factor structure of a revised form

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 679-691

  Carré, Arnaud ^a   Stefaniak, Nicolas ^a,b   D'Ambrosio, Fanny ^a   Bensalah, Leïla ^a   Besche Richard, Chrystel ^a  

^a Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne   (France)

^b Department of Cognitive Science ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Basic empathy scale (BES); Contagion; Emotion; Emotional regulation; Empathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; BASIC EMPATHY SCALE IN ADULTS; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84883800249     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032297     Document Type: Article

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