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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Psychometric Analysis of the Czech Version of the Toronto Empathy Questionnaire.

Lukas Novak, Klara Malinakova, Petr Mikoska, Jitse P van Dijk, Filip Dechterenko, Radek Ptacek, Peter Tavel

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Lukas NovakOlomouc University Social Health Institute, Palacky University in Olomouc, 771 11 Olomouc, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-7582-2098
Klara MalinakovaOlomouc University Social Health Institute, Palacky University in Olomouc, 771 11 Olomouc, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-6939-1204
Petr MikoskaOlomouc University Social Health Institute, Palacky University in Olomouc, 771 11 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Jitse P van DijkOlomouc University Social Health Institute, Palacky University in Olomouc, 771 11 Olomouc, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-0225-6811
Filip DechterenkoCollege of Polytechnics Jihlava, 586 01 Jihlava, Czech Republic.
Radek PtacekDepartment of Psychiatry, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, 128 00 Prague, Czech Republic.
Peter TavelOlomouc University Social Health Institute, Palacky University in Olomouc, 771 11 Olomouc, Czech Republic.

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Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, project Biological and psychological aspects of spiritual experience and their associations with health Contract No. 19-19526SSts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology of the Palacký University Olomouc internal project Spiritual and social determinants of health with a focus on the COVID-19 pandemic situation IGA-CMTF-2021-005
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Abstract

Empathy is a concept associated with various positive outcomes. However, to measure such a multifaceted concept, valid and reliable tools are needed. Negatively worded items (NWIs) are suspected to decrease some psychometric parameters of assessment instruments, which complicates the research of empathy. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the factor structure and validity of the TEQ on the Czech population, including the influence of the NWIs. Data were collected from three surveys. In total, 2239 Czech participants were included in our study. Along with socio-demographic information, we measured empathy, neuroticism, spirituality, self-esteem, compassion and social desirability. NWI in general yielded low communalities, factor loadings and decreased internal consistency. Therefore, in the next steps, we tested the model consisting of their positively reformulated versions. A higher empathy was found in females, married and religious individuals. We further found positive associations between empathy, compassion and spirituality. After the sample was split in half, exploratory factor analysis of the model with reformulated items was followed by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), which supported a unidimensional solution with good internal consistency: Cronbach's α = 0.85 and McDonald's ω = 0.85. The CFA indicated an acceptable fit χ

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EmpathyLanguageCzech RepublicFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHumansPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and Questionnairesempathynegatively worded itemspsychometric examinationTEQvalidation

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