A measure of emotional empathy1
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The ability to exhibit empathy and entrainment is an important factor evaluated in various assessments of social skills, such as the Social Skills Inventory, the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test, and the Self Descriptive Inventory.
“The ability to exhibit empathy and entrainment is an important factor evaluated in various assessments of social skills, such as the Social Skills Inventory [106], the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test [111], and the Self Descriptive Inventory [143].”
From A Taxonomy of Social Errors in Human-Robot Interaction (2021) · cites this paper as [111]
Participants' disposition for catching emotions from others was measured with the Measure of Emotional Empathy questionnaire.
“A participant's disposition for catching emotions from others was assessed by the Measure of Emotional Empathy questionnaire (50).”
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- Authors
- Mehrabian, A., & Epstein, N.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Personality
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1972-12
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 525-543
- ISSN
- 0022-3506 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-6494
- OpenAlex
- W2076371757
- Cited by
- 2,360
- References
- 3
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- FWCI
- 7.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotional Intelligence and Performance
- Keywords
- affective empathy, empathy measurement, psychometric scale, interpersonal sensitivity
- MeSH terms
- Affect, Aggression, Arousal, Attitude, Electroshock, Emotions, Empathy, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Psychological Tests, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sex Factors, Social Behavior, Social Perception
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