TY - JOUR
T1 - On a scale of state empathy during message processing
AU - Shen, Lijiang
N1 - Funding Information:
Lijiang Shen is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Speech Communication, University of Georgia. This research is supported by a pilot grant from the Centers for Disease Control Southern Center for Communication, Health and Poverty. The author thanks Elisabeth Bigsby, Todd Lee Goen, and Tim Worley for their assistance in data collection, and Sean Hendricks for assistance in programming the experiment on Medialab. Correspondence to: Lijiang Shen, Department of Speech Communication, University of Georgia, 110 Terrell Hall, Athens, GA 30602, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
PY - 2010/10
Y1 - 2010/10
N2 - State empathy during message processing was conceptualized as a process where perception of the characters' state automatically activates the recipient's vicarious experience of their state, situation, and object, which automatically primes and generates the associated automatic and somatic responses that precede persuasion outcomes. It was proposed that there are three dimensions within state empathy: affective, cognitive, and associative empathy. A 12-item scale was developed as a measurement instrument. Confirmatory factor analyses of data from two samples, one of college students (N=289) and the other of the general public (N = 189), showed that the scale was unidimensional on the second order. The scale exhibited good internal and external consistency, convergent, and discriminant validity. The scale also had good reliability. Implications for future research and health communication were discussed.
AB - State empathy during message processing was conceptualized as a process where perception of the characters' state automatically activates the recipient's vicarious experience of their state, situation, and object, which automatically primes and generates the associated automatic and somatic responses that precede persuasion outcomes. It was proposed that there are three dimensions within state empathy: affective, cognitive, and associative empathy. A 12-item scale was developed as a measurement instrument. Confirmatory factor analyses of data from two samples, one of college students (N=289) and the other of the general public (N = 189), showed that the scale was unidimensional on the second order. The scale exhibited good internal and external consistency, convergent, and discriminant validity. The scale also had good reliability. Implications for future research and health communication were discussed.
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U2 - 10.1080/10570314.2010.512278
DO - 10.1080/10570314.2010.512278
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78149448151
SN - 1057-0314
VL - 74
SP - 504
EP - 524
JO - Western Journal of Communication
JF - Western Journal of Communication
IS - 5
ER -