Empathic Impairment Self-Assessment Test
For Scam Victims · 25 Questions across 5 Sections
Your Privacy Is Protected
The SCARS Institute provides this tool to help you understand whether trauma from being scammed may have affected your capacity for empathy. We do not see your results, do not have access to your responses during or after completion, and we do not store any data from this assessment in any form. Your results exist only on your device.
About This Assessment
This self-assessment is designed to help scam victims determine whether they may be 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 results are private and seen only by 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 is designed to give 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
