Dr Vajiheh Zohoorparvandeh, Mr Hossien Yaghobi,
Volume 15, Issue 3 (12-2021)
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between emotional empathy and family communication orientations with students' life satisfaction during coronary heart disease crisis by considering the mediating role of compassion. This study was a structural equation in terms of correlation method and its statistical population included all high school students in the fifth and sixth districts of Mashhad in the academic year 1401-1400 to 1403 of which 301 of these students by Multi-stage clusters were selected. Data collection in this study was field method using life satisfaction questionnaires of Diner and Emmons, Larsen and Griffin (1985), communication orientations of Ritchie and Fitzpatrick family (1990), empathy Davis (1983) and compassion - short form of Reese et al. (2011) and structural equations were used to analyze the data and Amos-24 and SPSS-26 software were used in all statistical analyzes of this study. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between emotional empathy with life satisfaction and family communication orientations with life satisfaction. There is also a significant relationship between emotional empathy with compassion and family communication orientations with compassion. The results also showed that there is a significant relationship between compassion and students' life satisfaction during coronary heart disease crisis.
Arezou Lashkari, Touraj Hashemi Nosrat Abadi,
Volume 18, Issue 4 (3-2025)
Abstract
The Cognitive, Affective, and Somatic Empathy Scale (CASES) proposes a new three-component structure of empathy. The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Cognitive, Affective, and Somatic Empathy Scale, the statistical population consisted of all students aged 18 to 50 years studying at Tabriz University in the academic year 2022-2023, selected through convenience sampling. The instruments used in the study included the CASES, the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ), and the Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale. Data were analyzed using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), Cronbach's alpha, and Pearson's coefficient with SPSS 24 and Lisrel 8 software. The reliability of the questionnaire was calculated using internal consistency methods. For convergent validity, the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (2018), Davis’s Interpersonal Reactivity Index (1983), and Gard’s Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale (2006) were used. The results of reliability calculation using Cronbach's alpha showed coefficients above 0.70. Confirmatory Factor Analysis also indicated that the three-factor solution had a better fit. The correlation analysis results support the validity of this scale. Based on the results of this research, it can be concluded that the Cognitive, Affective, and Somatic Empathy Scale has appropriate reliability and validity.
