Multidimensional Emotional Empathy Scale.
MDEES
emotional (affective) empathy - Empathic Suffering, Positive Sharing, Responsive Crying, Emotional Attention, Feeling for Others, and Emotional Contagion; plus a general empathy total
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- 30 (6 subscales). 5-point agreement; subscale + total sums (self-report questionnaire)
- 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 Unpublished manuscript, University of New Hampshire.
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