Final PPT_Measuring Empathy Among Teachers-1

Measuring Empathy among Measuring Empathy among TeachersTeachers

(Development of Empathy (Development of Empathy Scale for Teachers (ESfT))Scale for Teachers (ESfT))

Presenters:

Cheryl F. OlvidaCarmen J. Riva


Empathy is the ability to put oneself in the other person’s position, establish rapport, and anticipate the other’s reactions, feelings and behaviors.(Kerr and Speroff ,1954) Empathy is the act of constructing for oneself another’s mental state (Hogan ,1969).


Hogan Empathy Scale (Hogan,1969) Social Self-Confidence, Even Temperedness, Sensitivity Nonconformity

Questionnaire Measure of Emotional Empathy (QMEE)Mehrabian and Epstein (1972) Susceptibility to emotional contagionAppreciation of the feelings of unfamiliar and distant others Extreme emotional responsivenessTendency to be moved by others negative emotional Experiences sympathetic tendenciesWillingness to be in contact with others who have problems.


Grief and Hogan (1973) identified even tempered disposition, social ascendancy, and humanistic sociopolitical attitudes as factors of empathy

Davis (1980) identified two facets of empathy which are cognitive and emotional .

Johnson, J.A., Cheek , J.M & Smither , R. (1983) based on the result of their study identified social self confidence, even-temperedness , sensitivity and non-conformity as components of empathy.


Chlopan et. Al. (1985) concluded that only two scales , the QMEE and Hogan’s EM scale have a number of studies supporting their validity and reliability but the 2 are measuring different aspects of empathy.

They further suggested for improvement of empathy scale researchers should consider together the QMEE and Hogan’s EM scale.


The present study To develop an instrument that will measure the multidimensional aspect of empathy of teachers.

This study tried to present a wholistic measure of empathy for teachers having dimensions with cognitive and affective components. In the present study we also examine whether the scale scores indeed demonstrate adequate internal consistency.


Factors used in the study

People high in sensitivity are described as compassionate, concerned about others, and moral.

Individuals high in conformity are someone who is conventional, follows prescribed rules, regulations and social norms

Persons high in social self-confidence are socially adept, assertive, confident, and perhaps little impulsive and overbearing.

High scorers at even-temperedness are described as likeable, agreeable, perspective takers, even tempered, good natured and cheerful.


METHODOLOGY

Participants

Teachers from Paranaque, Rizal and Romblon public schools.

244 Elementary school teachers

90 High school teachers


METHODOLOGY

Test Construction and Content

Components Cognitive Affective

Sensitivity 15 15

Social-self confidence

15 15

Even-temperedness

15 15

Non-conformity 16 15

Total items 61 items 60 items


RESULT OF THE STUDY

Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin value = .862

Bartlett’s test of sphericity = 7260 - significant at .00001


RESULT OF THE STUDYPlot of Eigenvalues

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RESULT OF THE STUDY

TABLE1. Table of specification for the new empathy scale for teachers


RESULT OF THE STUDY

Table 2. Inter correlations between the empathy scale factors


CONCLUSION

Empathy Scale for Teacher is composed of three factors: Sensitivity, Nonconformity, and Social self confidence.

- Valid and reliable

Measuring Empathy among Measuring Empathy among TeachersTeachersRECOMMENDATION FOR FURTHER

STUDY

- Further validation thru convergent validity and confirmatory factor analysis.

- Look into the differences in levels of empathy between elementary, high school and college teachers.

- Research on the relation between empathy and the Filipino values - “pakikipagkapwa-tao” at “pakikisama”.


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