TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing perceived empathic and social self-efficacy across countries
AU - Di Giunta, Laura
AU - Eisenberg, Nancy
AU - Kupfer, Anne
AU - Steca, Patrizia
AU - Tramontano, Carlo
AU - Caprara, Gian Vittorio
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The Perceived Empathic Self-Efficacy Scale (PESE) and the Perceived Social Self-Efficacy Scale (PSSE) were developed to assess, respectively, individuals' self-efficacy beliefs regarding both empathic responding to others' needs or feelings and managing interpersonal relationships. In this study of young adults, a unidimensional factorial structure of both scales was found in Italy, the United States, and Bolivia. Complete invariance at the metric level and partial invariance at the scalar level were found across gender and countries for both scales. The construct and incremental validity of both PESE and PSSE were further examined in a different sample of Italian young adults. Patterns of association of the PESE or PSSE with self-esteem, psychological well-being, and the use of adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies were found, often over and beyond their associations with empathy or extraversion, respectively.
AB - The Perceived Empathic Self-Efficacy Scale (PESE) and the Perceived Social Self-Efficacy Scale (PSSE) were developed to assess, respectively, individuals' self-efficacy beliefs regarding both empathic responding to others' needs or feelings and managing interpersonal relationships. In this study of young adults, a unidimensional factorial structure of both scales was found in Italy, the United States, and Bolivia. Complete invariance at the metric level and partial invariance at the scalar level were found across gender and countries for both scales. The construct and incremental validity of both PESE and PSSE were further examined in a different sample of Italian young adults. Patterns of association of the PESE or PSSE with self-esteem, psychological well-being, and the use of adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies were found, often over and beyond their associations with empathy or extraversion, respectively.
KW - CFA
KW - Empathic self-efficacy
KW - Incremental validity
KW - Interpersonal relationships
KW - Measurement invariance
KW - Social self-efficacy
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U2 - 10.1027/1015-5759/a000012
DO - 10.1027/1015-5759/a000012
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77952086723
SN - 1015-5759
VL - 26
SP - 77
EP - 86
JO - European Journal of Psychological Assessment
JF - European Journal of Psychological Assessment
IS - 2
ER -