Wakabayashi Akio, Baron-Cohen Simon, Wheelwright Sally
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Letters, Chiba University, Japan.
Shinrigaku Kenkyu. 2006 Aug;77(3):271-7. doi: 10.4992/jjpsy.77.271.
Empathizing is a drive to identify another person's emotions and thoughts and respond to them appropriately. Systemizing is a drive to analyze systems or construct systems. The Empathizing-Systemizing (E-S) model suggests that these are major dimensions in which individuals differ from each other, and women being superior in empathizing and men in systemizing. In this study, we examined new questionnaires, the Empathy Quotient (EQ) and the Systemizing Quotient (SQ). Participants were 1 250 students, 616 men and 634 women, from eight universities, who completed both the EQ and SQ. Results showed that women scored higher than men on the EQ, and the result was reversed on the SQ. Results also showed that humanities majors scored higher than sciences majors on the EQ, and again the result was reversed on the SQ. The results were discussed in relation to the E-S theory of gender differences.
同理心是一种识别他人情绪和想法并做出适当反应的驱动力。系统化是一种分析系统或构建系统的驱动力。同理心 - 系统化（E - S）模型表明，这些是个体之间存在差异的主要维度，女性在同理心方面更具优势，而男性在系统化方面更具优势。在本研究中，我们测试了新的问卷，即同理心商数（EQ）和系统化商数（SQ）。参与者是来自八所大学的1250名学生，其中616名男性和634名女性，他们完成了EQ和SQ测试。结果显示，女性在EQ上的得分高于男性，而在SQ上的结果则相反。结果还表明，人文专业学生在EQ上的得分高于理科专业学生，在SQ上的结果同样相反。研究结果结合性别差异的E - S理论进行了讨论。
