Validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the Empathy Quotient‑ 8 in Turkish university students

Background: Empathy is an important psychological construct that plays a significant role in social interactions, mental health, and well-being. Despite the significance of empathy in psychological research and mental health, there is a lack of validated and concise measures available in Turkish. Ob...

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Autores: Turan, Mehmet Emin, Gómez Salgado, Juan, Yildirim, Murat
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10272/25519
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Palabra clave:Empathy
Validity
Reliability
Turkish university students
61 Psicología
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spelling Validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the Empathy Quotient‑ 8 in Turkish university studentsTuran, Mehmet EminGómez Salgado, JuanYildirim, MuratEmpathyValidityReliabilityTurkish university students61 PsicologíaBackground: Empathy is an important psychological construct that plays a significant role in social interactions, mental health, and well-being. Despite the significance of empathy in psychological research and mental health, there is a lack of validated and concise measures available in Turkish. Objective: This study aims to evaluate the psychometric properties of the eight-item Empathy Quotient (EQ- 8) in Turkish university students, assessing its reliability, convergent validity, and factor structure. Therefore, we seek to determine its suitability for use in psychological and mental health research within Turkish-speaking populations. Methods: We collected the data from two groups. The data of the first group (N = 198) was used to test the factor structure of the EQ- 8 by randomly splitting the data into two halves. The first half was used for the exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and the second half was used for confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), while the second group (N = 47) was carried out to test the reliability of EQ- 8. Results The results of the EFA and CFA yielded a one-factor solution for the EQ- 8. The internal consistency reliability was found to be good in both subsamples. Test–retest reliability was established as.86. As to the convergent validity, the scores on EQ- 8 were significantly positively related to the scores of the Toronto Empathy Questionnaire. Conclusions: These results provide support for the Turkish version of the EQ- 8 as a psychometrically sound instrument for measuring empathy. These results contribute to cross-cultural research and the evaluation of interventions targeting empathy.Springer20252025-04-0120252025-04-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10272/25519reponame:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelvainstname:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/255192026-06-02T14:58:11Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the Empathy Quotient‑ 8 in Turkish university students
title Validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the Empathy Quotient‑ 8 in Turkish university students
spellingShingle Validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the Empathy Quotient‑ 8 in Turkish university students
Turan, Mehmet Emin
Empathy
Validity
Reliability
Turkish university students
61 Psicología
title_short Validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the Empathy Quotient‑ 8 in Turkish university students
title_full Validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the Empathy Quotient‑ 8 in Turkish university students
title_fullStr Validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the Empathy Quotient‑ 8 in Turkish university students
title_full_unstemmed Validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the Empathy Quotient‑ 8 in Turkish university students
title_sort Validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the Empathy Quotient‑ 8 in Turkish university students
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Turan, Mehmet Emin
Gómez Salgado, Juan
Yildirim, Murat
author Turan, Mehmet Emin
author_facet Turan, Mehmet Emin
Gómez Salgado, Juan
Yildirim, Murat
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Yildirim, Murat
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Empathy
Validity
Reliability
Turkish university students
61 Psicología
topic Empathy
Validity
Reliability
Turkish university students
61 Psicología
description Background: Empathy is an important psychological construct that plays a significant role in social interactions, mental health, and well-being. Despite the significance of empathy in psychological research and mental health, there is a lack of validated and concise measures available in Turkish. Objective: This study aims to evaluate the psychometric properties of the eight-item Empathy Quotient (EQ- 8) in Turkish university students, assessing its reliability, convergent validity, and factor structure. Therefore, we seek to determine its suitability for use in psychological and mental health research within Turkish-speaking populations. Methods: We collected the data from two groups. The data of the first group (N = 198) was used to test the factor structure of the EQ- 8 by randomly splitting the data into two halves. The first half was used for the exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and the second half was used for confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), while the second group (N = 47) was carried out to test the reliability of EQ- 8. Results The results of the EFA and CFA yielded a one-factor solution for the EQ- 8. The internal consistency reliability was found to be good in both subsamples. Test–retest reliability was established as.86. As to the convergent validity, the scores on EQ- 8 were significantly positively related to the scores of the Toronto Empathy Questionnaire. Conclusions: These results provide support for the Turkish version of the EQ- 8 as a psychometrically sound instrument for measuring empathy. These results contribute to cross-cultural research and the evaluation of interventions targeting empathy.
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