Interpersonal Reactivity Index

Subgroup Size

Entire group

Duration

15 minutes

External Cost

No

Source

Davis, M. H. (1983). Measuring individual differences in empathy: Evidence for a multidimensional approach. Journal of personality and social psychology, 44(1), 113.

Tags:

  1. Assessment
  2. assessment instruments
  3. emotional resilience
  4. empathy
  5. formative assessment
  6. perspective taking

Author makes the instrument freely available on his website at Eckherd College, along with a table of means and standard deviations for each of the four subscales by gender.