MACHADO, Susiane Elisabete    CALVETTI, Prisla Ücker. Psychometric instruments for the evaluation of empathy in children and adolescents: a systematic review. Psicol. rev. (Belo Horizonte) []. 2019, 25, 3, pp.1044-1059. ISSN 1677-1168.  https://doi.org/10.5752/P.1677-1168.2019v25n3p1044-1059.

Psychological instruments help the psychologist with the evaluation process, and are fundamental tools to guide interventional strategies. Among several evaluation procedures targeting children and adolescents, empathy becomes fundamental for the knowledge, considering the ability to put oneself into perspective in relation to another person’s emotions and behaviors. The present study focus on the systematic review, aiming to investigate, in the scientific production in the BVS/Bireme, Medline and Scielo databases, instruments for the evaluation of empathy in children and adolescents. Nineteen (19) studies were carried out indicating that the evaluated instruments hold adequate psychometric properties for the evaluation of empathy in children and adolescents. In Brazil, few studies have been carried out and most researches are adapted from international studies.

: Psychometric instruments; Empathy; Children; Adolescents.

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