Invarianza de Medición y Estructural de la Escala Básica de Empatía Breve (BES-B) en Niños y Adolescentes Peruanos

  1. Merino-Soto, Cesar 1
  2. López-Fernández, Verónica 2
  3. Grimaldo-Muchotrigo, Miriam 3
  1. 1 Universidad de San Martín de Porres
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    Universidad de San Martín de Porres

    Lima, Perú

    ROR https://ror.org/03deqdj72

  2. 2 Universidad Internacional de La Rioja
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    Universidad Internacional de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/029gnnp81

  3. 3 Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
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    Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas

    Lima, Perú

    ROR https://ror.org/047xrr705

Revista:
Revista Colombiana de Psicología

ISSN: 0121-5469

Año de publicación: 2019

Volumen: 28

Número: 2

Páginas: 15-32

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.15446/RCP.V28N2.69478 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: Revista Colombiana de Psicología

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Resumen

The objective of this study was to examine the measurement and structural invariance of an empathy scale in Peruvian children and adolescents. 417 participants from Metropolitan Lima took part in the study. The Brief Basic Empathy Scale (BES-B) was applied in a standardized manner. Structural equations modeling was applied in the analysis in order to assess measurement invariance and latent means in affective and cognitive empathy. Results show that measurement invariance is maintained according to sex and age; the differences in the latent means are either strong or moderate with respect to age and sex. The article discusses the theoretical and practical implications of the findings.

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