Empathy Quotient.
EQ
- What it measures
- Empathy (cognitive + affective + social-skill) as a single broad construct; sometimes factored into cognitive empathy, emotional reactivity, social skills
- Length and format
- 60 (40 empathy items + 20 filler); EQ-Short = 22. 4-pt forced choice (strongly agree - strongly disagree), scored 0/1/2 (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Many languages (ES, FR, DE, IT, JA, ZH, AR, etc.); widely used in autism research worldwide
- 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. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 34(2), 163-175. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JADD.0000022607.19833.00
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