Self-report empathy measures predominate and may inflate associations via common method bias and self-serving bias¶

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q2 i? Most reviewed samples (n = 29) used self-report questionnaires, and associations were found especially when both predictor and outcome were teacher self-reported, as the common-method-bias hypothesis predicted. → Karen Aldrup · Bastian Carstensen · Uta Klusmann 2022

Evidence¶

Karen Aldrup · Bastian Carstensen · Uta Klusmann 2022¶

Karen Aldrup · Bastian Carstensen · Uta Klusmann. (2022). Is Empathy the Key to Effective Teaching? A Systematic Review of Its Association with Teacher-Student Interactions and Student Outcomes. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-021-09649-y

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The review's methodological synthesis: 29 of 42 samples used self-report; only nine used objective criteria. Citing Brackett et al. (2006), it notes performance-based measures of empathic accuracy predict social performance whereas self-reports do not, and that teachers may exaggerate empathy because caring is central to their professional identities.

"we hypothesized that the reliance on self-report measures to assess empathy and its consequences leads to larger correlations because of common method bias (Podsakoff et al., 2003)"

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