Translation, adaptation, and construct validity study of the Scale of Ethnocultural Empathy

Authors

  • Leonardo Rodrigues Sampaio Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco
  • Ilka Dayanne Medrado Lima Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
  • Igor Gomes Menezes Universidade Federal da Bahia
  • Franciela Félix de Carvalho Monte Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Keywords:

Ethnocultural empathy, scale, translation, adaptation, construct validity.

Abstract

Ethnocultural Empathy is a construct that helps to understand phenomena encompassing cultural issues, respect to ethnocultural differences, and affective and social-moral development. The present study aimed to translate, to adapt and to assess the construct validity of the Scale of Ethnocultural Empathy – SEE for use in Brazil. A total of 350 undergraduate students resident in the city of Juazeiro, BA (Brazil) participated of this study. They answered to the modified version of the SEE – which was called in Portuguese Escala de Empatia Etnocultural – EEE, and a questionnaire assessing socio-demographic characteristics. A factor analysis of 26 items suggested that a three-factor solution provided the best fit to the data. The overall internal consistency of the SEE (general level of ethnocultural empathy) was good (α = .808). Taken as a whole, the psychometric properties of the Scale of Ethnocultural Empathy are suitable to assess the Ethnocultural Empathy and demonstrate that the SEE is an important research tool in future studies.

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Sampaio, L. R., Lima, I. D. M., Menezes, I. G., & Monte, F. F. de C. (2012). Translation, adaptation, and construct validity study of the Scale of Ethnocultural Empathy. Psico, 43(1). Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/revistapsico/article/view/11104

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Vol. 43 No. 1 (2012)

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