Empathy in Preschool Children: The Development of the Southampton Test of Empathy for Preschoolers (STEP)

Autor/inn/en	Howe, Alexandra; Pit-ten Cate, Ineke M.; Brown, Antony; Hadwin, Julie A.
Titel	Empathy in Preschool Children: The Development of the Southampton Test of Empathy for Preschoolers (STEP)
Quelle	In: Psychological Assessment, 20 (2008) 3, S.305-309 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-3590
DOI	10.1037/a0012763
Schlagwörter	Cues; Nonverbal Communication; Prosocial Behavior; Construct Validity; Test Reliability; Test Validity; Preschool Children; Emotional Experience; Empathy; Test Construction; Videotape Recordings; Emotional Response; Parent Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Psychometrics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Stichwort; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Testreliabilität; Testvalidität; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Empathie; Testaufbau; Emotionales Verhalten; Elternverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Psychometry; Psychometrie
Abstract	In this study, we investigated a new instrument: the Southampton Test of Empathy for Preschoolers (STEP). The test incorporated 8 video vignettes of children in emotional scenarios, assessing a child's ability to understand (STEP-UND) and share (STEP-SHA) in the emotional experience of a story protagonist. Each vignette included 4 emotions (angry, happy, fearful, sad) that reflected emotion judgments based on the protagonist's facial expression, situation, verbal cues, and desire. The STEP was administered to 39 preschool children, and internal reliability, concurrent validity, and construct validity were addressed. The results showed good internal consistency. They also highlighted moderate concurrent validity with parent-rated empathy, a measure of facial indices, and construct validity with teacher-rated prosocial behavior. (Contains 2 tables and 4 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10