Q Module 04 Communication Assessment: Your Empathy Quotient Respond to each of the following statements using a scale ranging from 0 to 4, where 0 = never and 4 = always. _____ 1. When someone else is feeling excited, I tend to get excited too. _____ 2. Other people’s misfortunes do not disturb me a great deal. _____ 3. It upsets me to see someone being treated disrespectfully. _____ 4. I remain unaffected when someone close to me is happy. _____ 5. I enjoy making other people feel better. _____ 6. I have tender, concerned feelings for people less fortunate than I am. _____ 7. When a friend starts to talk about his/her problems, I try to steer the conversation toward something else. _____ 8. I can tell when others are sad even when they do not say anything. _____ 9. I find that I am “in tune” with other people’s moods. _____ 10. I do not feel sympathy for people who cause their own serious illnesses. _____ 11. I become irritated when someone cries. _____ 12. I am not really interested in how other people feel. _____ 13. I get a strong urge to help when I see someone who is upset. _____ 14. When I see someone being treated unfairly, I do not feel very much pity for them. _____ 15. I find it silly for people to cry out of happiness. _____ 16. When I see someone being taken advantage of, I feel a bit protective of him/her. Adapted from Spreng, R., McKinnon, M.C., Mar, R.A., & Levine, B. (2009). The Toronto Empathy Questionnaire: Scale development and initial validation of a factor-analytic solution to multiple empathy measures. Journal of Personality Assessment, 91, 62-71. ? Scoring: Before summing your responses to the 16 items, reverse the scores for the negatively worded items: 2, 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 15. That is, for these items, 0=4, 1=3, 2=2, 3=1, and 4=0. After reversing the scores for the noted items, sum all your responses to determine your total empathy score. 1. In several studies, females scored slightly higher than males. For females, on average, the sum was 47; for males the sum was 44. Did you score higher or lower than average?2. If your score is average or higher, how do you think your degree of open-mindedness, imagination, and commitment influenced your overall empathy score? 3. If your score is below average, how might you improve your perspective taking, emotional involvement, and concern for the other person in order to enhance your empathy?