eq_data: Empathizing Quotient
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eq_data

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Empathizing Quotient

Description

Reverse coded (Q#R) questions coded and strongly disagree = 2, slightly disagree = 1, else = 0. The other questions are coded as strongly agree = 2, slightly agree = 1, else = 0.

Usage

eq_data

Format

A data frame with 7689 rows and 28 variables:

user_id: Each participant's unique ID
sex: The participant's sex
age: The participant's age in years
id: Each questionnaire completion's unique ID
starttime: The time the questionnaire was started (yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss)
endtime: The time the questionnaire was completed (yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss)
Q01: I can easily tell if someone else wants to enter a conversation.
Q02: I really enjoy caring for other people.
Q03R: I find it hard to know what to do in a social situation.
Q04R: I often find it difficult to judge if something is rude or polite.
Q05R: In a conversation, I tend to focus on my own thoughts rather than on what my listener might be thinking.
Q06: I can pick up quickly if someone says one thing but means another.
Q07R: It is hard for me to see why some things upset people so much.
Q08: I find it easy to put myself in somebody else's shoes.
Q09: I am good at predicting how someone will feel.
Q10: I am quick to spot when someone in a group is feeling awkward or uncomfortable.
Q11R: I can't always see why someone should have felt offended by a remark.
Q12: I don't tend to find social situations confusing.
Q13: Other people tell me I am good at understanding how they are feeling and what they are thinking.
Q14: I can easily tell if someone else is interested or bored with what I am saying.
Q15: Friends usually talk to me about their problems as they say that I am very understanding.
Q16: I can sense if I am intruding, even if the other person doesn't tell me.
Q17R: Other people often say that I am insensitive, though I don't always see why.
Q18: I can tune into how someone else feels rapidly and intuitively.
Q19: I can easily work out what another person might want to talk about.
Q20: I can tell if someone is masking their true emotion.
Q21: I am good at predicting what someone will do.
Q22: I tend to get emotionally involved with a friend's problems.

Details

Wakabayashi, A., Baron-Cohen, S., Wheelwright, S., Goldenfeld, N., Delaney, J., Fine, D., Smith, R., & Weil, L. (2006). Development of short forms of the Empathy Quotient (EQ-Short) and the Systemizing Quotient (SQ-Short). Personality and Individual Differences, 41(5), 929–940. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2006.03.017