A Swedish adaptation of the Emotional Contagion Scale: Factor structure and psychometric properties

摘要: The Emotional Contagion Scale (ECS) is a self-report scale used to measure individual differences in susceptibility converge towards the emotions expressed by others. original American ECS (Doherty, 1997), translated into Swedish, was completed 665 undergraduate students two independent samples (N = 233 and N 432, respectively). To investigate factor structure of ECS, confirmatory analyses alternative models derived from previous research emotion emotional contagion were conducted. results showed that proposed one-dimensional not tenable. Instead multi-facet model based on differential hierarchal valence/differential supported. Cross-validation second sample demonstrated confirmed multi-faceted property equality across genders. With regard homogeneity test-retest reliability, Swedish version acceptable concordance with version.