目的:对儿童早期共情量表(Measure of Empathy in Early Childhood,MEEC)进行中文修订,并检验其信效度.方法:采用儿童早期共情量表(MEEC)、儿童共情量表(EmQue)和长处与困难量表的亲社会行为分量表(SDQ-PB)对1305名幼儿园和小学儿童的抚养人施测,进行项目分析、探索性因素分析、验证性因素分析、效标效度分析、信度检验和等值性分析.结果:项目分析表明MEEC各项目均具有良好的区分度.探索性因素分析共提取5个因子,分别是亲社会行为、情绪关注、个人痛苦、个人痛苦-虚构人物和同情;验证性因素分析支持MEEC的五因素结构模型:x2/df=2.879,TLI=0.925,CFI=0.917,RMSEA=0.063.MEEC 总分与 EmQue各个分量表、SDQ-PB均呈显著正相关.MEEC的α系数为0.883~0.901,重测信度为0.701.性别和年龄的等值性分析支持MEEC的跨性别和跨年龄组等值性.结论:修订后的中文版儿童早期共情量表可作为测量我国童年早期儿童共情水平的有效工具.
Revision of Chinese Version of the Measure of Empathy in Early Childhood
Objective:To revise the Chinese Version of the Measure of Empathy in Early Childhood(MEEC)and to test its reliability and validity.Methods:A total of 1305 caregivers of children from kindergarten and elementary schools were investigated with MEEC,Empathy Questionnaire(EmQue),and the Prosocial Behavior Subscale of Strengths and Difficul-ties Questionnaire(SDQ-PB).Then,item analysis,exploratory factor analysis(EFA),confirmatory factor analysis(CFA),cri-terion validity test,reliability test,and measurement invariance test were conducted.Results:All items of the MEEC had good differentiation.The EFA extracted five factors:Prosocial Behavior,Attention to Others'Emotions,Personal Distress,Personal Distress-Fictional Characters,and Sympathy;the CFA supported the 5-factor model of MEEC:x2/df=2.879,TLI=0.925,CFI=0.917,RMSEA=0.063.The score of MEEC was positively correlated with the score of each subscale of EmQue and the score of SDQ-PB.The Cronbach's α coefficient of MEEC was 0.883~0.901 and the test-retest reliability of MEEC was 0.701.Also,the CEEM reached measurement invariant across gender and age.Conclusion:The MEEC is a reliable and valid instrument to assess the empathy of Chinese children in early childhood.