What does a Empathy score mean?
If somebody has given you a Empathy score and not explained it, put it in below. This reads it against the instrument's own published table. You do not have to take anything.
The full published table
These ranges come from the instrument's own scoring documentation rather than from us. They describe groups of people, not individuals.
| Score | Interpretation | What it suggests |
|---|---|---|
| 0 – 14 | Low Empathy (ASC Range) | Scores in this range are highly typical of individuals diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC). Indicates marked difficulty decoding unwritten social and emotional rules. |
| 15 – 22 | Below Average Empathy | Lower than the general population. Struggles to intuitively read a room, but may compensate through intellect and learned social scripts. |
| 23 – 34 | Average Empathy | Typical neurotypical empathy. The general female average is slightly higher than the general male average in this band. |
| 35 – 44 | High / Hyper-Empathy | Highly attuned to the emotional states of others. Excellent mediators, but at high risk for emotional burnout or 'empathy fatigue'. |
Why a number on its own is not much use
A total tells you where a set of answers landed on a scale. It does not say which questions produced it, and two people reaching the same total can be having quite different weeks. A score driven by sleep and appetite is not the same as an identical score driven by hopelessness, and the difference changes what tends to help.
A score near the edge of a range is also less meaningful than the label makes it sound. Thresholds are drawn to be useful across a population, not to mark a real line between two states, so a point either way can change the word without changing the person.
If you would rather answer the questions
The Empathy is available here in full, free and without an account, and answering it gives you the breakdown a bare total cannot: take the Empathy.