Validation of the Tunisian Empathy Scale for Children (TESC) in General Population and Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

• Published in: Frontiers in psychiatry Vol. 13; p. 903966
• Main Authors: Ben Youssef, Hela, Halayem, Soumeyya, Ghazzai, Malek, Jelili, Selima, Ben Mansour, Hager, Rajhi, Olfa, Taamallah, Amal, Ennaifer, Selima, Hajri, Malek, Abbes, Zeineb Salma, Fakhfakh, Radhouane, Nabli, Ahmed, Bouden, Asma
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 18.07.2022
• Subjects: autism (ASD); child; empathy; Psychiatry; questionnaire; validation study; autism (ASD); empathy; questionnaire; validation study; child

Several empathy assessment tests have been proposed worldwide but none of them took into account cultural variations that seem to affect empathic manifestations. The aim of this study was to create and validate an empathy assessment questionnaire for school-aged Tunisian children entitled "Tuni...