Empathic Impairment Self-Assessment Test
For Scam Victims · 25 Questions across 5 Sections
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The SCARS Institute provides this tool to help you understand whether trauma from being scammed has affected your capacity for empathy. You can save your results to share with your therapist or mental health professional.
About This Assessment
This self-assessment helps scam victims find out whether they are experiencing empathic impairment — a recognized effect of psychological trauma in which the capacity to feel and express empathy toward others becomes temporarily reduced or disrupted.
Read each statement carefully and select the response that best reflects your honest feelings or behaviors. Be as honest as you can. Your identity stays private, and only you see any identifying information about you.
Please Note. This assessment was developed by the scientists and psychologists at the SCARS Institute based on experience working with large numbers of scam victims. It is not a diagnosis of a mental health condition — it gives you awareness and a useful starting point. We recommend taking a copy of your results to share with your counselor or therapist.
Why we ask this
