Scale of Ethnocultural Empathy (SEE)

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Instrument Overview

Self-report instrument that measures empathy toward people of racial and ethnic backgrounds different from one‘s own. SEE is composed of three instrumental aspects: intellectual empathy, empathic emotions, and the communication of these perspectives to others via word or action. These resolve into three constructs: Empathic expression; empathic perspective-taking; acceptance of cultural differences. Subscore(s): Ethical orientation; Stereotype threat susceptibility; Empathic expression; Empathic perspective-taking; Acceptance of cultural differences

Organization

American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.

Content

Grades
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade,
Post secondary
Keywords
Student Well-Being ; Social-Emotional Competence ; Self Awareness ; Social Awareness ; Relationship Skills ; Ethical orientation ; Stereotype threat susceptibility ; Empathic expression ; Empathic perspective-taking ; Acceptance of cultural differences
Languages
English
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
32 items
Administration
Computer,
Paper

Access and Use

Contact

Yu-Wei Wang yw89@yahoo.com

Open Access
Yes
Setting
Undefined

Psychometrics (additional guidance)

Psychometric References

Wang, Y.-W., Davidson, M. M., Yakushko, O. F., Savoy, H. B., Tan, J. A., & Bleier, J. K. (2003). The Scale of Ethnocultural Empathy: Development, validation, and reliability. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 50(2), 221 - 234. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.50.2.221

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