Title :

Assessing the French Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI): Psychometric and Qualitative Properties Through the Three French Versions of the IRI Scale

Author(s) :

Gaggero, Giulia [Auteur]
Università degli Studi di Trento = University of Trento [UNITN]
Brunelliere, Angele [Auteur]
Laboratoire Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives - UMR 9193 [SCALab]
Gigliotti, Maria Francesca [Auteur]
Laboratoire Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives - UMR 9193 [SCALab]
El Mardi, Wassila [Auteur]
Laboratoire Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives - UMR 9193 [SCALab]
Berthoz, Sylvie [Auteur]
Université de Bordeaux [UB]
Nandrino, Jean-Louis [Auteur]
Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives (SCALab) - UMR 9193
Doba, Karyn [Auteur]
Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives (SCALab) - UMR 9193
Grynberg, Delphine [Auteur]
Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives (SCALab) - UMR 9193
El Mardi, Wassila [Auteur]

Journal title :

Psychologica Belgica

Volume number :

65

Pages :

69-86

Publisher :

Ubiquity Press, Ltd.

Publication date :

2025

ISSN :

2054-670X

English keyword(s) :

Interpersonal Reactivity Index
Empathy
French validation
Linguistic adaptation
Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Psychometric properties

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences cognitives

English abstract : [en]

The Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) is one of the most used self-report measures of empathy, comprising 4 factors assessing both cognitive and affective empathy. Nowadays, three different French adaptations of this ...
Show more >The Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) is one of the most used self-report measures of empathy, comprising 4 factors assessing both cognitive and affective empathy. Nowadays, three different French adaptations of this instrument co-exist. This research compares the three French adaptations of the IRI scale using both quantitative and qualitative evaluations. In Study 1, a French-speaking sample (N = 339) completed all three French IRI versions at 2-month time intervals in a counterbalanced order. In Study 2, the item wording of the three versions was evaluated by six independent professional translators. Study 1 assessed the items’ distribution, the scale’s factorial structure, the subscales’ internal consistency, and their correlations with alternative measures of empathy (the Empathy Quotient) and other clinically relevant indicators (anxiety, depression). These quantitative analyses highlighted that all three French adaptations can be used for research purposes. They all exhibit acceptable internal consistency, a factorial structure compliant with the 4-factor model originally proposed by Davis, as well as convergent and discriminant validity. However, by combining item quantitative analyses and translators’ judgments, we revealed some problematic items in each version. Taken together, the findings suggest that the French IRI adaptations by Guttman & Laporte (2000) and Braun et al. (2015) should be slightly preferred. To improve the overall quality of each French IRI version, we provide some recommendations about how to adapt problematic items.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS
CHU Lille

Collections :

• Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives (SCALab) - UMR 9193

Submission date :

2025-04-16T09:03:59Z
2025-04-18T08:26:09Z