Toronto Empathy Questionnaire

The Toronto Empathy Questionnaire is a tool used to measure how much empathy a person feels towards others in different situations.

To score the Toronto Empathy Questionnaire (TEQ), assign points based on responses: Never (0), Rarely (1), Sometimes (2), Often (3), and Always (4). For negatively worded questions, reverse the scores before summing, with total scores ranging from 0 to 64. Scores of 45 or higher indicate higher empathy.

Cognitive empathy involves understanding another person's perspective or thoughts, while emotional empathy describes feeling and sharing others' emotions.