Development of short forms of the Empathy Quotient (EQ-Short) and the Systemizing Quotient (SQ-Short)

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 929-940

  Wakabayashi, Akio ^a,b   Baron Cohen, Simon ^b   Wheelwright, Sally ^b   Goldenfeld, Nigel ^c   Delaney, Joe ^b   Fine, Debra ^b   Smith, Richard ^b   Weil, Leonora ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive style; E S theory; Empathizing; EQ Short; SQ Short; Systemizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745972081     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.03.017     Document Type: Article

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