Validity Evidence for a State-Specific Assessment of In-Session Counselor Empathy: The State-Empathic Concern Scale. (2nd October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Johnson, David A.; Karcher, Michael J.
• Is Part Of: Measurement & evaluation in counseling & development. Volume 52:Number 4(2019)
• Page Start: 284
• Page End: 296
• Publication Date: 2019-10-02
• Subjects: Empathy -- state-specific -- assessment; Psychological tests -- Periodicals; Counseling -- Evaluation -- Periodicals; Counseling -- Periodicals; 361.060287
• DOI: 10.1080/07481756.2019.1594914
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0748-1756

Abstract

Abstract: Many researchers assessing counselor empathy have inferred state-specific counselor empathy in a counseling session using trait empathy assessments. This article introduces the State-Empathic Concern Scale, a state-specific assessment of counselor empathy based on Davis's (1994) multidimensional empathy model. Results indicated moderate to strong evidence of construct validity among 200 counselors-in-training.