Empathy Quotient.

EQ

What it measures

Self-reported dispositional empathy (cognitive + affective + social skill); the empathising half of Baron-Cohen's empathising-systemising (E-S) theory of autism

Length and format

60 (40 empathy + 20 filler). 4-point agreement; empathy items scored 2/1/0; summed 0-80; lower scores in autism (cut-off ~30) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Many languages incl. ES, FR, DE, IT, NL, JA, ZH, AR; very broadly translated

Normative data

Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Baron-Cohen, S., & Wheelwright, S. (2004). The Empathy Quotient: An investigation of adults with Asperger syndrome or high functioning autism, and normal sex differences. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 34(2), 163-175.