Scoring Key for Davis's Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI)
Download Davis's Interpersonal Sensitivity Index
(IRI) to assess your dispositional tendencies toward
perspective
taking, empathic concern, etc.
Step 1
Recode the reverse-keyed items:
For items 3, 4, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 1 => 5, 2 => 4, 3 => 3, 4 => 2, 5
=> 1
Step 2
Score for Perspective Taking subscale = Sum of items 3, 8, 11, 15,
21, 25, 28.
Sum of Empathic Concern subscale = Sum of items 2, 4, 9, 14, 18, 20,
22.
Sum of Personal Distress subscale = Sum of items 6, 10, 13, 17, 19, 24,
27.
Score for Fantasy subscale = Sum of items 1, 5, 7, 12, 16, 23, 26.