There are three facets that are recoverable from the EQ: 

- Cognitive Empathy

- Affective Empathy

- Social Skills

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- Empathy (EQ)

- Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI)

- Childhood trauma


Measures about Elevated Empathy in Adults

Greenberg, D. M., Baron-Cohen, S., Rosenberg, N., Fonagy, P., &amp; Rentfrow, P. J. (2018). Elevated empathy in adults following childhood trauma. PLOS ONE, 13(10). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203886 

Reference

It asks about five specific traumatic events that occurred prior to and including the age of 17:

- Death of a very close friend or family member

- Major upheaval between parents (E.G.,  divorce, separation)

- Traumatic sexual experience (e.g., being raped, molested)

- Victim of violence (e.g., child abuse)

- Other major upheaval that may have shaped their life or personality significantly

Childhood trauma

- Perspective Taking

- Empathic Concern

- Fantasy

- Personal Distress

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