IPIP JPI: Empathy JPI-Emp
Personality
en
Public Domain
Description
IPIP items measuring empathy, from the IPIP Jackson Personality Inventory.
Scale Information
| Full Name | IPIP JPI: Empathy |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | JPI-Emp |
| Items | 8 |
| Dimensions | Empathy (sum), Empathy (mean) |
| Domain | Personality |
| License | Public Domain |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Languages | EN |
| URL | https://ipip.ori.org/newJPIKey.htm |
| Repository | IPIP |
Dimensions / Subscales
- Empathy (sum) (empathy_sum)
- Empathy (mean) (empathy_mean)
Citation
Jackson, D. N. (1994). Jackson Personality Inventory — Revised manual. Sigma Assessment Systems.
Items
<h3>How Accurately Can You Describe Yourself?</h3><p>Describe yourself as you generally are now, not as you wish to be in the future. Describe yourself as you honestly see yourself, in relation to other people you know of the same sex as you are, and roughly your same age. So that you can describe yourself in an honest manner, your responses will be kept in absolute confidence. Indicate the accuracy of the item as it applies to you, using the following rating scale:</p>
| # | Dimension | Item | R |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Am deeply moved by others' misfortunes. | ||
| 2 | Am easily moved to tears. | ||
| 3 | Cry easily. | ||
| 4 | Don't understand people who get emotional. | ↻ | |
| 5 | Experience my emotions intensely. | ||
| 6 | Feel spiritally connected to other people. | ||
| 7 | Seldom get emotional. | ↻ | |
| 8 | Suffer from others' sorrows. |