Relationships and family
Toronto Empathy Questionnaire (TEQ)
A 13-item self-report questionnaire on the tendency to understand other people's feelings and respond to them emotionally.
NPİSTANBUL Brain Hospital
Toronto Empathy Questionnaire (TEQ)
- 13 questions
- About 3 minutes
- For adults
These tests are for screening. A result is not a diagnosis: only a psychiatrist or psychologist can make one, after talking with you.
Your answers are scored on this device and never sent. Only your result is saved, with the email address you confirm.
Confirm your email address
Before the test we send a 6-digit code to your email address. Your result is saved with it, so that our team can help you if you wish. The email with the code contains no health information.
For each statement, indicate how well it describes you.
Choosing an answer takes you to the next question. You can go back at any time.
Your result
Lower score
Your answers suggest that most of the empathy statements do not describe you. This can also be linked to tiredness, stress or protecting yourself emotionally. If you are finding relationships difficult, it may help to talk this over with a psychologist.
Middle score
Your answers suggest that you notice and share other people's feelings in some situations. Empathy can vary from one situation to another, and it is a skill that can be developed.
Higher score
Your answers suggest that you usually notice and share other people's feelings and want to help. Strong empathy supports relationships; at times when you feel other people's distress intensely, remember to look after your own need for rest and support too.
Total score
out of 65
Take your result as a rough guide, not a diagnosis. How you feel over time, and a conversation with a specialist, tell much more than a questionnaire.
Talk it through with a specialist
If your result worries you, or you would like to talk it through, our psychiatrists can review it with you, free and without obligation.
Spreng RN et al., 2009 (original scale); Turkish adaptation: Totan T, Doğan T, Sapmaz F, 2012.
This English version was translated by NPİSTANBUL from the Turkish form of the test; it has not been validated separately in English.
About this test
The Toronto Empathy Questionnaire measures empathy as a single dimension: noticing and sharing other people's feelings and wanting to help them. You answer 13 statements in about 3 minutes. A higher score means more empathy; the result is not a judgement of your character or a diagnosis.
Score ranges of this test
| 13–30 | Lower score |
| 31–47 | Middle score |
| 48–65 | Higher score |
Toronto Empathy Questionnaire (TEQ) · Spreng RN et al., 2009 (original scale); Turkish adaptation: Totan T, Doğan T, Sapmaz F, 2012.
This English version was translated by NPİSTANBUL from the Turkish form of the test; it has not been validated separately in English.