CEAQ {MPsychoR}

Children's Empathic Attitudes Questionnaire (CEAQ)

Description

The CEAQ (Funk et al., 2008) is a scale to measure empathy of late elementary and middle-school aged children.

Usage

data("CEAQ")

Format

A data frame with 208 children, 16 CEAQ items and 3 covariates (age, grade, gender): Item wordings:

ceaq1

When I'm mean to someone, I usually feel bad about it later.

ceaq2

I'm happy when the teacher says my friend did a good job.

ceaq3

I would get upset if I saw someone hurt an animal.

ceaq4

I understand how other kids feel.

ceaq5

I would feel bad if my mom's friend got sick.

ceaq6

Other people's problems really bother me.

ceaq7

I feel happy when my friend gets a good grade.

ceaq8

When I see a kid who is upset it really bothers me.

ceaq9

I would feel bad if the kid sitting next to me got in trouble.

ceaq10

It's easy for me to tell when my mom or dad has a good day at work.

ceaq11

It bothers me when my teacher doesn't feel well.

ceaq12

I feel sorry for kids who can't find anyone to hang out with.

ceaq13

Seeing a kid who is crying makes me feel like crying.

ceaq14

If two kids are fighting, someone should stop it.

ceaq15

It would bother me if my friend got grounded.

ceaq16

When I see someone who is happy, I feel happy too.

age

Children's age.

grade

Children's grade.

gender

Gender.

Source

Funk, J. B., Fox, C. M., Chang, M., & Curtiss, K. (2008). The development of the Children's Empathic Attitudes Questionnaire using classical and Rasch analyses. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 29, 187-196.

Bond, T. G., & Fox, C. M. (2015). Applying the Rasch Model: Fundamental Measurement in the Human Sciences. Routledge.

Examples

data(CEAQ)
str(CEAQ)