ADAPTACIÓN AL ESPAÑOL Y ADAPTACIÓN DEL CUESTIONARIO DE EMPATÍA DE ZOLL Y ENZ'S EN NIÑOS BOLIVIANOS
Abstract
El objetivo del presente trabajo es adaptar y validar el Cuestionario de Empatía (CE) diseñado por Zoll y Enz (2005), en una muestra de niños bolivianos de entre 8 y 14 años. El cuestionario original fue diseñado para medir empatía cognitiva y afectiva a través de 28 ítems en una escala de cinco puntos distribuidos en dos factores. El EQ adaptado y validado en Bolivia se redujo a 17 ítems, nueve para medir la escala afectiva y 8 para evaluar la escala cognitiva. Con esta estructura, el instrumento mostró valores adecuados de confiabilidad y validez factorial, lo que nos lleva a confirmar que el EQ es un instrumento adecuado para medir la empatía en esta población. Asimismo, el análisis factorial confirmatorio también mostró un ajuste adecuado del modelo métrico con valores aceptables de ajuste del modelo, parsimonia adecuada y, especialmente, un Error Cuadrático Medio de Aproximación (RMSEA) que satisface los requisitos mínimos de ajuste a la matriz de covarianza poblacional.
The aim of the present paper is to adapt and validate the Empathy Questionnaire (EQ) designed by Zoll & Enz (2005), in a sample of Bolivian children, aged between 8 and 14 years. The original questionnaire was designed to measure both cognitive and affective empathy through 28 items in a five-point scale distributed in two factors. The EQ adapted and validated in Bolivia was reduced to 17 items, nine to measure the affective scale and 8 to assess the cognitive scale. With this structure, the instrument showed adequate values of reliability and factorial validity which leads us to confirm that the EQ is an adequate instrument to measure the empathy in this population. Likewise, the confirmatory factorial analysis also showed an adequate adjustment of the metric model with acceptable values of model fit, adequate parsimony and especially, a Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) that satisfies the minimum requirements of adjustment to the population covariance matrix.
The aim of the present paper is to adapt and validate the Empathy Questionnaire (EQ) designed by Zoll & Enz (2005), in a sample of Bolivian children, aged between 8 and 14 years. The original questionnaire was designed to measure both cognitive and affective empathy through 28 items in a five-point scale distributed in two factors. The EQ adapted and validated in Bolivia was reduced to 17 items, nine to measure the affective scale and 8 to assess the cognitive scale. With this structure, the instrument showed adequate values of reliability and factorial validity which leads us to confirm that the EQ is an adequate instrument to measure the empathy in this population. Likewise, the confirmatory factorial analysis also showed an adequate adjustment of the metric model with acceptable values of model fit, adequate parsimony and especially, a Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) that satisfies the minimum requirements of adjustment to the population covariance matrix.
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Vol. 18, No. 1