TY - JOUR
T1 - Convergence between physiological, facial and verbal self-report measures of affective empathy in children
AU - Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous, Xenia
AU - Warden, David
PY - 2007/5
Y1 - 2007/5
N2 - The present study investigated the degree of convergence between three different measures of vicarious affective responsiveness (affective empathy) - verbal self-report, facial expression and change in heart rate - in typically developing children (N=29, aged 8-10 years), when presented with an emotionally evocative film. Although convergence between physiological and verbal measures was only at chance levels, convergence between facial and physiological measures, and between facial and verbal measures was statistically significant, but low (κ=0.30 and 0.22, respectively, p < 0.01). These findings have important implications for the assessment of empathy in children and indicate that generalization of results across methods should be undertaken with caution.
AB - The present study investigated the degree of convergence between three different measures of vicarious affective responsiveness (affective empathy) - verbal self-report, facial expression and change in heart rate - in typically developing children (N=29, aged 8-10 years), when presented with an emotionally evocative film. Although convergence between physiological and verbal measures was only at chance levels, convergence between facial and physiological measures, and between facial and verbal measures was statistically significant, but low (κ=0.30 and 0.22, respectively, p < 0.01). These findings have important implications for the assessment of empathy in children and indicate that generalization of results across methods should be undertaken with caution.
KW - Affective empathy
KW - Children
KW - Facial expressions
KW - Physiological indices
KW - Self-reports
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34547326874&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/icd.464
DO - 10.1002/icd.464
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34547326874
SN - 1522-7227
VL - 16
SP - 237
EP - 254
JO - Infant and Child Development
JF - Infant and Child Development
IS - 3
ER -