: Bryant Empathy Index for Children and Adolescents

About the measure

Subscales

Bryant (1982) suggested the measure was unidimensional whereas De Wied et al. (2007) suggested a two factor solution comprising Empathic sadness and Attitude; Del Barrio proposed a 3‑factor structure comprising Feelings of sadness, Understanding feelings and Tearful reaction

Example

It makes me sad to see a girl who can’t find anyone to play with

Key Stage

Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3

Domains

Emotional Intelligence (mixed and trait)

Rating Psychometric

Rating Implementation

Implementation

No. of items

22

Format

Dichotomous

Respondent

Self

Scoring

Standardised

Age

5 – 12 year(s)

Cost single purchase

Available in jou

Cost per child

Available in jou

Psychometric

UK norms

No

Chronbach's alpha

.54-.79

Text retest

2 weeks, r= [.74,.86]

Inter-rater reliability

Not reported

EFA

2‑factor orthogo

CFA

3‑factor modelChi-square(164)= 447.52CFI = .92RMSEA = .05

Criterion validity

Not reported

Construct validity

r= .33 with Feshbach and Roe Empathy measure; r= [.54,.76] with Mehrabian and Epstein empathy measure

Predictive validity

Not reported

Responsiveness

Not reported

Floor/Ceiling

Not reported

References

Bryant, B. (1982). An Index of Empathy for Children and Adolescents. Child Development, 53(2), 413 – 425. doi:10.2307/1128984 De Wied, M., Maas, C., Van Goozen, S., Vermande, M., Engels, R., Meeus, W., … Goudena, P. (2007). Bryant’s Empathy Index. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 23(2), 99 – 104. doi:10.1027/1015 – 5759.23.2.99 Del Barrio, V., Aluja, A., & García, L. (2004). Bryant’s Empathy Index for children and adolescents: psychometric properties in the Spanish language. Psychological Reports, 95(1), 257 – 262. doi:10.2466/pr0.95.1.257 – 262