Multidimensional Emotional Empathy Scale.

MDEES

What it measures

emotional (affective) empathy - Empathic Suffering, Positive Sharing, Responsive Crying, Emotional Attention, Feeling for Others, and Emotional Contagion; plus a general empathy total

Length and format

30 (6 subscales). 5-point agreement; subscale + total sums (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

several incl. ES, ZH, and South African validations

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

open - non-commercial only

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Reference

Caruso, D. R., & Mayer, J. D. (1998). A measure of emotional empathy for adolescents and adults. Unpublished manuscript, University of New Hampshire.