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Toronto Empathy Questionnaire (TEQ)

Toronto Empathy Questionnaire (TEQ) Test

Understand how strongly you emotionally connect with others in about 3 minutes. A quick 16 item measure, widely used in autism research and clinical settings for clear, reliable insight.

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12/64

Empathy Scale (ES)

Measures the strength of emotional empathy, reflecting how readily someone resonates with others’ feelings.

Low empathy

Moderate empathy

High empathy

0 – 31: Low empathy | 32 – 47: Moderate empathy | 48 – 64: High empathy

A score of 12 falls in the Low empathy range, suggesting a comparatively limited tendency to emotionally resonate with others’ feelings in everyday situations.

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Who Usually Takes This Test?

Students and researchers

41%OF USERS

They use it as a quick, standardized measure of emotional empathy for studies, surveys, and lab projects.

Clinicians and counselors

34%OF USERS

They use it to screen and track empathic responding in clients, especially when social communication is a concern.

People exploring self-insight

25%OF USERS

They take it to understand how strongly they emotionally connect with others and where they may want to grow.

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Empathy Scale (ES)

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What does this questionnaire measure?

It measures emotional empathy, defined as affective responsiveness to other people’s feelings and experiences. It does not assess cognitive perspective-taking or reasoning about others’ states.

How long does it take to complete?

Estimated completion time is about 3 minutes. The measure includes 16 brief items.

How should items be answered?

Select the response option that best reflects typical behavior and feelings. Responses should be based on general tendencies rather than a single recent event.

How are scores interpreted?

Higher total scores indicate greater emotional responsiveness to others. Scores are not a diagnosis and should be interpreted in context with other information.

In what settings is it commonly used?

It is widely used in research on social-emotional functioning, including studies involving autism spectrum conditions. It may also support clinical screening and treatment planning when combined with additional assessment.

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Toronto Empathy Questionnaire (TEQ) Test - Symptoms and Signs

autism empathy

This brief self-report measure assesses emotional responsiveness to others’ experiences. The Toronto Empathy Questionnaire (TEQ) focuses primarily on the affective component of empathy rather than cognitive perspective-taking.

It consists of 16 items and typically takes about 3 minutes to complete. Items ask respondents to rate how often they experience emotionally resonant reactions to other people’s feelings; results are commonly used in research and clinical screening contexts where empathy-related functioning is of interest. The Toronto Empathy Questionnaire (TEQ) is not a standalone diagnostic tool and should be interpreted alongside clinical history and other assessment data.

Author: psytests.org (2024)

Literature: Spreng, R. N., McKinnon, M. C., Mar, R. A., & Levine, B. The Toronto Empathy Questionnaire: Scale development and initial validation of a factor-analytic solution to multiple empathy measures. Journal of Personality Assessment. 2009.

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