Investigating the reliability and validity of the Multidimensional Emotional Empathy Scale

Alloway, Tracy Packiam; Copello, Evan; Loesch, Matthew; Soares, Charles; Watkins, Jade; Miller, Daniel S.; Campell, Gregg; Tarter, Adam; Law, Nicole; Soares, Christy; Ray, Sebastian

doi:10.1016/j.measurement.2016.05.014

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“…Eleven survey instruments specific to program outcomes, demographics, exposure to ethical experiences, and well-being were used (Table 1). [37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48] Online survey software (Qualtrics) was used for preintervention and postintervention surveys, each of which took less than 30 minutes. We verbally explained research activities to participants and obtained consent.…”

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Mindful Ethical Practice and Resilience Academy: Equipping Nurses to Address Ethical Challenges

Rushton

Reller²,

Skarupski

et al. 2021

American Journal of Critical Care

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Background Ethical challenges in clinical practice significantly affect frontline nurses, leading to moral distress, burnout, and job dissatisfaction, which can undermine safety, quality, and compassionate care. Objectives To examine the impact of a longitudinal, experiential educational curriculum to enhance nurses’ skills in mindfulness, resilience, confidence, and competence to confront ethical challenges in clinical practice. Methods A prospective repeated-measures study was conducted before and after a curricular intervention at 2 hospitals in a large academic medical system. Intervention participants (192) and comparison participants (223) completed study instruments to assess the objectives. Results Mindfulness, ethical confidence, ethical competence, work engagement, and resilience increased significantly after the intervention. Resilience and mindfulness were positively correlated with moral competence and work engagement. As resilience and mindfulness improved, turnover intentions and burnout (emotional exhaustion and depersonalization) decreased. After the intervention, nurses reported significantly improved symptoms of depression and anger. The intervention was effective for intensive care unit and non–intensive care unit nurses (exception: emotional exhaustion) and for nurses with different years of experience (exception: turnover intentions). Conclusions Use of experiential discovery learning practices and high-fidelity simulation seems feasible and effective for enhancing nurses’ skills in addressing moral adversity in clinical practice by cultivating the components of moral resilience, which contributes to a healthy work environment, improved retention, and enhanced patient care.

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confidence: 99%

Mindful Ethical Practice and Resilience Academy: Equipping Nurses to Address Ethical Challenges

Rushton

Reller²,

Skarupski

et al. 2021

American Journal of Critical Care

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“…Um primeiro aspecto geral a ser extraído das análises diz respeito à natureza multifacetada da empatia. Diversos estudos com instrumentos de avaliação da empatia apresentam uma estrutura com mais de um fator (Alloway et al, 2016;Bloom, 2017;Falcone et al, 2008;Sampaio et al, 2011), como também é o caso do QoE. Ao se verifi car os resultados das correlações do QoE com os outros instrumentos, percebe-se que aspectos específi cos da empatia podem estar mais relacionados a outras características de vida.…”

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“…Há também na literatura evidências de validade discriminante para o construto empatia, como inteligência geral (i.e., a capacidade de utilizar o raciocínio abstrato com o propósito de solucionar problemas apresentados no ambiente de maneira adaptativa; Primi & Almeida, 2000). Em pesquisas estudando a relação entre inteligência geral e empatia, as correlações encontradas tendem a ser próximas do nulo (Alloway et al, 2016;Grühn et al, 2008), indicando pouca associação com essa capacidade cognitiva.…”

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Estudos de validade do questionário online de empatia

Miguel¹,

Hashimoto²,

Gonçalves³

et al. 2018

Temas Psicol.

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Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo estudar a validade do Questionário Online de Empatia (QoE), que se propõe a avaliar empatia por meio de três fatores: empatia afetiva, cognitiva e compassiva. Participaram 4801 pessoas, sendo 56,8% do sexo feminino, com idade média 27,73 (DP = 7,89). De maneira espiralada, os participantes responderam ao QoE e 11 instrumentos (como qualidade de vida, personalidade e inteligência). Os escores do QoE apresentaram correlações fortes com medidas de agradabilidade (positivamente), tríade sombria e isolamento social (negativamente); correlações brandas com medidas de desregulação emocional (positivamente para empatia afetiva, negativamente para as outras), qualidade de vida e satisfação de vida (positivamente); e correlações próximas de nulo com medidas de inteligência. Os índices de precisão foram moderados a bons, com estabilidade de reteste. Mulheres apresentaram médias moderadamente mais altas que homens. Os resultados encontrados corroboraram as expectativas teóricas. Considera-se que os resultados demonstraram evidências de validade de construto, critério e discriminante para o QoE.

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“…An initial, general observation to be derived from the analyses relates to the multifaceted nature of empathy. Various studies focusing on instruments for assessing empathy present a structure of more than one factor (Alloway et al, 2016;Bloom, 2017;Falcone et al, 2008;Sampaio et al, 2011), which is likewise the case of the QoE. Upon examining the results as to the QoE's correlations with the other instruments, one perceives that certain aspects of empathy can be more closely associated with other characteristics of life.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the literature on the subject, there is also evidence of discriminant validity for the empathy construct, such as general intelligence (i.e., the ability to employ abstract reasoning for the purpose of adaptively solving problems that arise in the environment; Primi & Almeida, 2000). In studies analyzing the relationship between general intelligence and empathy, the observed correlations tend to be practically null (Alloway et al, 2016;Grühn et al, 2008), indicating a minimal relationship with this cognitive ability.…”

Section: Estudios De Validez Del Cuestionario Online De Empatía Resumenmentioning

confidence: 96%

Validity Studies of the Online Empathy Questionnaire

Miguel¹,

Hashimoto²,

Gonçalves³

et al. 2018

Temas Psicol.

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The present study's objective was to examine the validity of the Online Empathy Questionnaire (QoE-initials in Portuguese), whose purpose is to evaluate empathy via three factors: emotional, cognitive and compassionate empathy. The study enjoyed the participation of 4801 individuals, 56.8% of whom were females, with a mean age of 27.73 years (SD = 7.89). The participants answered the QoE fi rst; and the remaining 11 instruments (e.g., quality of life, personality and intelligence), on a rotating basis. The QoE scores exhibited strong positive correlations with measures of agreeableness and strong negative correlations with the Dark Triad and social isolation; moderate correlations with measures of emotional dysregulation (positively for emotional empathy and negatively for the others), quality of life and life satisfaction (positively); and practically null correlations with measures of intelligence. Reliability rates were moderate to good, with test-retest stability. Women exhibited means that were moderately higher than those of men. The results we obtained corroborated theoretical expectations. We believe the results exhibit construct, criterion and discriminant validity evidence for the QoE.

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Investigating the reliability and validity of the Multidimensional Emotional Empathy Scale

Cited by 22 publications

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Mindful Ethical Practice and Resilience Academy: Equipping Nurses to Address Ethical Challenges

Mindful Ethical Practice and Resilience Academy: Equipping Nurses to Address Ethical Challenges

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