Examining the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) among early and late adolescents and their mothers

Skyler T. Hawk; Loes Keijsers; Susan J.T. Branje; Jolien Van Der Graaff; Minet De Wied; Wim Meeus

doi:10.1080/00223891.2012.696080

Examining the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) among early and late adolescents and their mothers

Skyler T. Hawk^*
, Loes Keijsers
, Susan J.T. Branje
, Jolien Van Der Graaff
, Minet De Wied
, Wim Meeus

^*Corresponding author for this work

Utrecht University

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Abstract

We examined whether the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI; Davis, 1980), consisting of Perspective Taking (PT), Empathic Concern (EC), Personal Distress (PD), and Fantasy (FN), is a psychometrically invariant empathy measure for early and late adolescents and their mothers. Confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated adequate properties and psychometric invariance across 2 Dutch samples (269 early adolescents, 232 late adolescents). Females scored higher than males on each subscale. Early adolescents scored lower than late adolescents on PT and FN, and higher on PD. The different groups showed similar subscale associations with psychosocial health indexes, and similar subscale contributions to a higher order empathy dimension. Most dimensions showed positive correlations between adolescents and mothers. The IRI appears adequate for examining empathy across the span of adolescence, as well as patterns between youths and mothers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	96-106
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Personality Assessment
Volume	95
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2012.696080
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2013
Externally published	Yes

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This research utilizes data from the RADAR Young and RADAR Old projects. RADAR has been financially supported by main grants from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (GB-MAGW 480–03-005), and Stichting Achmea Slachtoffer en Samenleving (SASS), and various other grants from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, the VU University of Amsterdam, and Utrecht University.

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