Validation of the Empathy Quotient in Mainland China |
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| Authors: | Qing Zhao Xiaoyan Cao Simon Baron-Cohen Xiang Sun Yuan Cao |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Applied Psychology and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia;2. Department of Psychology, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China;3. Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom;4. MIND Institute, University of California, Davis;5. Psychology Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;6. School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia |
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| Abstract: | This research aimed to validate a simplified Chinese version of the Empathy Quotient (EQ; 60 items) for use with Mainland Chinese people. The original English version of the EQ was translated into simplified Chinese. Through an online survey, 588 Mainland Chinese participants completed the EQ and 3 other questionnaires: the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ), and the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS–20). Thirty-five participants completed retesting of the EQ 3 to 4 weeks later. Sex differences on the EQ scores and psychometric properties of the EQ items were examined. Confirmatory factor analysis suggested that an EQ 15-item structural model fitted the data quite well. Self-report empathy, as assessed by the current simplified Chinese version of the EQ, appeared to relate to participants' autistic and alexithymic traits but not sex. |
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