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This document appears to be a questionnaire called the Empathy Quotient - 40-item version (EQ-40). It contains 40 statements where the respondent is asked to rate how strongly they agree or disagree on a scale. The statements probe aspects of empathy like understanding other people's emotions and perspectives, social skills, and caring about others.

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EQ Empathy Quotient Blank Form PDF

This document appears to be a questionnaire called the Empathy Quotient - 40-item version (EQ-40). It contains 40 statements where the respondent is asked to rate how strongly they agree or disagree on a scale. The statements probe aspects of empathy like understanding other people's emotions and perspectives, social skills, and caring about others.

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NovoPsych

Empathy Quotient - 40-item version (EQ-40)

Instructions:
Please read each statement carefully and rate how strongly you agree or disagree with it by selecting your
answer. There are no right or wrong answers or trick questions.

Strongly Disagree Slightly Disagree Slightly Agree Strongly Agree

I can easily tell if someone else wants to enter a


1
conversation.
0 0 1 2

I find it difficult to explain to others things that I understand


2
easily when they don't understand it the first time. 2 1 0 0

3 I really enjoy caring for other people. 0 0 1 2

4 I find it hard to know what to do in a social situation. 2 1 0 0

People often tell me that I went too far in driving my


5
point home in a discussion
2 1 0 0

It doesn't bother me too much if I am late meeting a


6
friend.
2 1 0 0

Friendships and relationships are just too difficult, so I


7
tend not to bother with them.
2 1 0 0

I often find it difficult to judge if something is rude or


8
polite.
2 1 0 0

In a conversation, I tend to focus on my own thoughts


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rather than on what my listener might be thinking.
2 1 0 0

When I was a child, I enjoyed cutting up worms to see


10
what would happen.
2 1 0 0

I can pick up quickly if someone says one thing but


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means another.
0 0 1 2

It is hard for me to see why some things upset people


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so much.
2 1 0 0

13 I find it easy to put myself in somebody else's shoes. 0 0 1 2

14 I am good at predicting how someone will feel. 0 0 1 2

I am quick to spot when someone in a group is feeling


15
awkward or uncomfortable.
0 0 1 2

If I say something that someone else is offended by, I


16
think that that's their problem, not mine.
2 1 0 0

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Strongly Disagree Slightly Disagree Slightly Agree Strongly Agree

If anyone asked me if I liked their haircut, I would


17
reply truthfully, even if I didn't like it.
2 1 0 0

I can't always see why someone should have felt


18
offended by a remark.
2 1 0 0

19 Seeing people cry doesn't really upset me. 2 1 0 0

I am very blunt, which some people take to be


20
rudeness, even though this is unintentional.
2 1 0 0

21 I don’t tend to find social situations confusing. 0 0 1 2

Other people tell me I am good at understanding how


22
they are feeling and what they are thinking.
0 0 1 2

When I talk to people, I tend to talk about their


23
experiences rather than my own.
0 0 1 2

24 It upsets me to see an animal in pain. 0 0 1 2

I am able to make decisions without being influenced


25
by people's feelings.
2 1 0 0

I can easily tell if someone else is interested or bored


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with what I am saying.
0 0 1 2

I get upset if I see people suffering on news


27
programmes.
0 0 1 2

Friends usually talk to me about their problems as


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they say that I am very understanding.
0 0 1 2

I can sense if I am intruding, even if the other person


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doesn't tell me.
0 0 1 2

People sometimes tell me that I have gone too far


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with teasing.
2 1 0 0

Other people often say that I am insensitive, though I


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don’t always see why.
2 1 0 0

If I see a stranger in a group, I think that it is up to


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them to make an effort to join in.
2 1 0 0

I usually stay emotionally detached when watching a


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film.
2 1 0 0

I can tune into how someone else feels rapidly and


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intuitively.
0 0 1 2

I can easily work out what another person might want


35
to talk about.
0 0 1 2

36 I can tell if someone is masking their true emotion. 0 0 1 2

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Strongly Disagree Slightly Disagree Slightly Agree Strongly Agree

I don't consciously work out the rules of social


37
situations.
0 0 1 2

38 I am good at predicting what someone will do. 0 0 1 2

I tend to get emotionally involved with a friend's


39
problems.
0 0 1 2

I can usually appreciate the other person's viewpoint,


40
even if I don't agree with it.
0 0 1 2

Developer 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.

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