Test - Different types of empathy

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Perspective Taking-13
Personal Distress-17
Fantasy-17
Empathetic Concern-13

FS fantasy..................11 (15.73 for men; 18.75 for women)
EC empathic concern...18 (19.04 for men; 21.67 for women)
PT perspective-taking...12 (16.78 for men; 17.96 for women)
PD personal distress... 11 (9.46 for men; 12.28 for women)

I would also like to state the question were not as easy directed. Certain questions about feeling pain. And the answer could go both ways. If they are talking animals, then yes. If they are talking people, then no.

PT - 8
FS - 17
EC - 9
PD - 3

Hm. I'm not sure what I think of this!
These questions were kinda hard for me... I feel as though it's difficult for me to generalize my feelings in this way. I feel like this would be much more effective (at least for me) if it could offer specific situations as examples. Most of these REALLY depend on who the person is, what the circumstances are, etc.

Also, many times I can choose which ANSWER would be the proper way to respond when looking at information in test format, but it's a different story whether I can actually keep up with my surroundings and identify a real life situation as it happens in order respond in the correct way. Yknow?

Perspective-Taking = 4 (16.78 for men; 17.96 for women)
Fantasy = 1(15.73 for men; 18.75 for women)
Empathetic Concern = 3 (19.04 for men; 21.67 for women)
Personal Distress = 11 (9.46 for men; 12.28 for women)

Interesting, All my scores are exceptionally low except for Personal Distress. Well proves my empty-headedness

Can some set this up with a program that calculates it for you, because there is no way I'm doing this on my own.

Looking at the general spread scores, here are the patterns I noticed:

Among NTs females score slightly higher than men.

Aspies tend to either score significantly higher or significantly lower on Fantasy.

Aspies tend to score about average on Emotional Concern, but there is a few people where its significantly lower.

Aspies tend to score significantly lower one Perspective Taking.

Aspies tend to score higher on Personal Distress.

Conclusion: SBC's male brain theory is BS, the aspie spread conforms neither to the male or female pattern.

perspective-taking scale 4
fantasy scale 10
empathic concern scale 15
personal distress scale 19

As others have also said, some questions were hard to understand. I didn't know if I should take them literally or not or wasn't sure exactly what they meant.
Anywho, here are the results
FS - 1
EC - 5
PD - 15
PT - 26

FS fantasy.........................15 (15.73 for men; 18.75 for women)
EC empathic concern....14 (19.04 for men; 21.67 for women)
PT perspective-taking...12 (16.78 for men; 17.96 for women)
PD personal distress.....09 (09.46 for men; 12.28 for women)

PT = perspective-taking scale
FS = fantasy scale
EC = empathic concern scale
PD = personal distress scale

FS(15.73 for men; 18.75 for women)
EC(19.04 for men; 21.67 for women)
PT(16.78 for men; 17.96 for women)
PD(9.46 for men; 12.28 for women)

my score(PT): 17 (maybe it's average because I studied 'neurotypical' non-verbal communicaton?)
my score(FS): 24 (depends on which books you read ...)
my score(EC): 26 (this explains why I'm a vegan)
my score(PD): 19

However, I think this test is BS.
You can't measure empathy this way.
When I'm old I probably will score much higher on it.
I will be much better in reading neurotypical behavior, and use more perspective taking.

PT: 4
FS: 26 (omg)
EC: 17
PD: 19

Odd.

PT = perspective-taking scale 14
FS = fantasy scale 14
EC = empathic concern scale 21
PD = personal distress scale 15

but i don't think this test means anything.

PT = perspective-taking scale = 16
FS = fantasy scale = 8
EC = empathic concern scale = 4
PD = personal distress scale = 4

I guess that means I'm a psychopath, not an Aspie?

Interestingly I get two very different results whether I take this test based on my spontaneous reactions, or more considered reactions.

Spontaneous (my immediate reaction - how I operate to myself)
PT (Perspective taking) = 2
FS (Fantasy) = 16
EC (Empathic concern) = 28
PD (Personal Distress) = 21

Considered (my reaction once I have directly imposed the filters I constantly use when out in society - how I operate to others / to myself when I've taken a moment to think about it)
PT (Perspective taking) = 26
FS (Fantasy) = 13
EC (Empathic concern) = 23
PD (Personal Distress) = 8


Intersting my EQ result (SBC test) comes back 25 (previously it was 22 not sure why it is higher today)...whether I try to answer the questions as me spontaneously compared to my considered response...

I think this has more to do with the way the questions in each test are worded than anything else but interesting that for me that the IRI test comes back so different depending on how I approach it.

The results seems to suggest that to function I am actively trying very hard to ensure I take on all perspectives, but I'm also seeking to tone down the personal distress and empathic concern I feel, so I am not thrown or perturbed by it; and I may also tone down my imagination a little bit (perhaps so I'm not distracted by it). This might explain whay I sometimes find being in social situations hard work and sometimes struggle to identify who I really am - I really am trying to be all things to all men, possibly at the expense of being who I really am to some extent. It also perhaps when i therapist told me to 'get in touch with my feelings' and reduce my very logical approach and open myself up to how I felt I just felt a lot worse...emotional suppression might actually be useful to me in some limited ways...

Or maybe it's just not a very well structured test...and I should not read to much into it

Or I'm just a bit weird..but I knew that anyway