Empathy Quotient.
EQ
Self-reported dispositional empathy (cognitive + affective + social skill); the empathising half of Baron-Cohen's empathising-systemising (E-S) theory of autism
- Provisionally grouped under
- 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
- 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.
Also catalogued under
The same instrument filed in another domain of this catalogue.
- EQ - Empathy Quotient
60 (40 empathy items + 20 filler); EQ-Short = 22. open with attribution.
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