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The Cognitive, Affective And Somatic Empathy Scales For Adults, Adrian Raine, Frances Chen, Rebecca Waller
The Cognitive, Affective And Somatic Empathy Scales For Adults, Adrian Raine, Frances Chen, Rebecca Waller
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The Cognitive, Affective and Somatic Empathy Scales (CASES) assess three forms of empathy, each with subscales for positive and negative empathy. The present study extends this child instrument to adults and examines its factor structure and construct validity. A secondary aim is to investigate the under-researched area of positive empathy. Community samples totaling 2604 adults completed the CASES for adults, together with scales assessing construct validity. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the three-factor cognitive-affective-somatic model and a two-factor positive-negative empathy model. Findings were replicated in a second independent sample. Internal reliabilities ranged from 0.80 to 0.92. Individuals with higher psychopathy and …