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Semantic validation of the short versions of the Empathy-Systemizing Quotient Scales
OBJECTIVE: to perform the semantic validation of the short versions of the Empathy-Systemizing Quotient Scales, intended to measure the empathetic and systemizing profiles of individuals. The scales originated in Cambridge and were validated in Portugal, and were assessed for their psychometric prop...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6201707/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30328972 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.2606.3044 |
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author | Castelhano-Souza, Mirella Mendes, Isabel Amélia Costa Martins, José Carlos Amado Trevizan, Maria Auxiliadora Souza-Júnior, Valtuir Duarte de Godoy, Simone |
author_facet | Castelhano-Souza, Mirella Mendes, Isabel Amélia Costa Martins, José Carlos Amado Trevizan, Maria Auxiliadora Souza-Júnior, Valtuir Duarte de Godoy, Simone |
author_sort | Castelhano-Souza, Mirella |
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description | OBJECTIVE: to perform the semantic validation of the short versions of the Empathy-Systemizing Quotient Scales, intended to measure the empathetic and systemizing profiles of individuals. The scales originated in Cambridge and were validated in Portugal, and were assessed for their psychometric properties. METHOD: methodological study included the scales’ semantic validation (content validity) and verification of their psychometric properties (internal consistency). Five judges participated in the semantic validation. The Content Validity Index was calculated, a pretest was conducted with 18 undergraduate nursing students, and, finally, the scales were applied to a sample. RESULTS: the sample was composed of 215 undergraduate nursing students, 186 (86.51%) of whom were women aged 21 years old, on average. The scales presented good internal consistency with global Cronbach’s alphas equal to 0.83 and 0.79 for the Empathy Quotient and the Systemizing Quotient, respectively. Correlations between the scales and subscales of the Empathy Quotient and Systemizing Quotient were all positive and significant according to the Pearson correlation coefficient. CONCLUSION: the scales are reliable and valid to measure the empathetic and systemizing profile of undergraduate nursing students and the final version was named “versões curtas das Escalas de Medição do Quociente de Empatia/Sistematização - Brasil” [short versions of the Empathy-Systemizing Quotient Scales - Brazil]. |
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spelling | pubmed-62017072018-10-26 Semantic validation of the short versions of the Empathy-Systemizing Quotient Scales Castelhano-Souza, Mirella Mendes, Isabel Amélia Costa Martins, José Carlos Amado Trevizan, Maria Auxiliadora Souza-Júnior, Valtuir Duarte de Godoy, Simone Rev Lat Am Enfermagem Original Articles OBJECTIVE: to perform the semantic validation of the short versions of the Empathy-Systemizing Quotient Scales, intended to measure the empathetic and systemizing profiles of individuals. The scales originated in Cambridge and were validated in Portugal, and were assessed for their psychometric properties. METHOD: methodological study included the scales’ semantic validation (content validity) and verification of their psychometric properties (internal consistency). Five judges participated in the semantic validation. The Content Validity Index was calculated, a pretest was conducted with 18 undergraduate nursing students, and, finally, the scales were applied to a sample. RESULTS: the sample was composed of 215 undergraduate nursing students, 186 (86.51%) of whom were women aged 21 years old, on average. The scales presented good internal consistency with global Cronbach’s alphas equal to 0.83 and 0.79 for the Empathy Quotient and the Systemizing Quotient, respectively. Correlations between the scales and subscales of the Empathy Quotient and Systemizing Quotient were all positive and significant according to the Pearson correlation coefficient. CONCLUSION: the scales are reliable and valid to measure the empathetic and systemizing profile of undergraduate nursing students and the final version was named “versões curtas das Escalas de Medição do Quociente de Empatia/Sistematização - Brasil” [short versions of the Empathy-Systemizing Quotient Scales - Brazil]. Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo 2018-10-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6201707/ /pubmed/30328972 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.2606.3044 Text en Copyright © 2018 Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License |
spellingShingle | Original Articles Castelhano-Souza, Mirella Mendes, Isabel Amélia Costa Martins, José Carlos Amado Trevizan, Maria Auxiliadora Souza-Júnior, Valtuir Duarte de Godoy, Simone Semantic validation of the short versions of the Empathy-Systemizing Quotient Scales |
title | Semantic validation of the short versions of the Empathy-Systemizing
Quotient Scales |
title_full | Semantic validation of the short versions of the Empathy-Systemizing
Quotient Scales |
title_fullStr | Semantic validation of the short versions of the Empathy-Systemizing
Quotient Scales |
title_full_unstemmed | Semantic validation of the short versions of the Empathy-Systemizing
Quotient Scales |
title_short | Semantic validation of the short versions of the Empathy-Systemizing
Quotient Scales |
title_sort | semantic validation of the short versions of the empathy-systemizing
quotient scales |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6201707/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30328972 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.2606.3044 |
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