We examined the factorial structure of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index for Couples (IRIC). Mainly two variables (Considerate Social Style and Impassiveness) were capable of distinguishing between men and women. This article includes three studies aimed at adapting the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (Davis, 1980), a measure of general cognitive and emotional empathy, to assess empathy expressed within a romantic relationship. One type of empathy, called Empathetic Concern. The results convey that the proposed model is invariant between boys and girls, although the dimensions exhibited significant differences of magnitude as a function of sex. View interpersonalreactivityindex.pdf from PSY 321 at HELP University. Empathy: The Interpersonal Reactivity Index is a survey designed to assess four different types of empathy. Second, it aims to determine which dimensions involved in empathy most strongly predict gender differences.

First, it aims to determine, conceptually speaking, whether or not the model analyzed by this instrument is equivalent for the two sexes. Attending to gender differences, the present study's objective is twofold. Validity evidence of the Portuguese version of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index for Couples. This questionnaire was originally vali- dated as a multidimensional measure. The paper describing IRI, published in 1983, has been cited over 10,000 times, according to Google Scholar. individuals empathy is the Interpersonal Reactivity Index. Davis, a professor of psychology at Eckerd College. Participants then underwent functional MRI while making emotion attribution decisions. The Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) is a published measurement tool for the multi-dimensional assessment of empathy. The Interpersonal Reactivity Index (Davis in Catalog Sel Documents Psychol 10:1-19, 1980) is an instrument made up of four subscales, each measuring a different dimension of the global concept of empathy. Sixteen healthy adults completed the Interpersonal Reactivity Index to characterize individual differences in tendency to make emotion- versus cognitive-based interpersonal decisions. Empathy is understood as a multidimensional construct involving both cognitive and emotional factors for which, traditionally, gender differences have been reported.

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