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This instrument was designed to measure and differentiate empathy and sympathy in adolescents and balance its emphasis on affective and cognitive empathy. The Adolescent Measure of Empathy and Sympathy (AMES), (1) balances the emphasis on affective empathy and cognitive empathy, (2) uses unambiguous wording and (3) distinguishes between empathy and sympathy. The three subscores are affective empathy, cognitive empathy, and sympathy.
Content
Grades
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Languages
English
Chinese
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
12 items
Administration
Paper
Access and Use
Price
Free
Contact
Dr. Helen Vossen
Email: h.g.m.vossen@uu.nl
Open Access
Yes
Use in Research
Bloom, Z. D., McNeil, V. A., Flasch, P., & Sanders, F. (2018). A comparison of empathy and sympathy between counselors-in-training and Their non-counseling academic peers. Professional Counselor, 8(4), 341-354. https://doi.org/10.15241/zdb.8.4.341
Vossen, H. G., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2016). Do social media foster or curtail adolescents’ empathy? A longitudinal study. Computers in Human Behavior, 63, 118-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.05.040
Vossen, H. G., Piotrowski, J. T., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2017). The longitudinal relationship between media violence and empathy: Was it sympathy all along?. Media Psychology, 20(2), 175-193. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2015.1121825
Psychometrics
Scoring
Manual scoring
Psychometric References
Murphy, B. A., & Lilienfeld, S. O. (2019). Are self-report cognitive empathy ratings valid proxies for cognitive empathy ability? Negligible meta-analytic relations with behavioral task performance. Psychological Assessment, 31(8), 1062. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/pas0000732
Bloom, Z. D., & Lambie, G. W. (2020). The Adolescent Measure of Empathy and Sympathy in a sample of emerging adults. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 53(2), 89-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481756.2019.1667243
Li, H., Tan, J. W., & Ying, P. X. (2019). Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Adolescent Measure of Empathy and Sympathy. Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal, 47(6), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.8007
Vossen, H.G.M., Piotrowski, J.T., Valkenburg, P.M. (2015). Development and validation of the Adolescent Measure of Empathy and Sympathy (AMES). Personality and Individual Differences, 74, 66-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.09.040
Item Type
Likert
