PSYCHOMETRIC INSTRUMENTS FOR THE EVALUATION OF EMPATHY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Authors

  • Susiane Elisabete Machado Centro Universitário Unilasalle
  • Prisla Calvetti UFCSPA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5752/P.1678-9563.2019v25n3p1044-1059

Keywords:

Psychometric instruments. Empathy. Children. Adolescents.

Abstract

Psychological instruments help the psychologist with the evaluation process, and are fundamental tools to guide interventional strategies. Among several evaluation procedures targeting children and adolescents, empathy becomes fundamental for the knowledge, considering the ability to put oneself into perspective in relation to another person’s emotions and behaviors. The present study focus on the systematic review, aiming to investigate, in the scientific production in the BVS/Bireme, Medline and Scielo databases, instruments for the evaluation of empathy in children and adolescents. Nineteen (19) studies were carried out indicating that the evaluated instruments hold adequate psychometric properties for the evaluation of empathy in children and adolescents. In Brazil, few studies have been carried out and most researches are adapted from international studies.

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Author Biographies

Susiane Elisabete Machado, Centro Universitário Unilasalle

Graduada em Psicologia no Centro Universitário Unilasalle, psicóloga.

Prisla Calvetti, UFCSPA

Pós-doutora em Medicina; Ciências Médicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), doutora em Psicologia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), professora substituta do Departamento de Psicologia da Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA).

Published

2020-09-29

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