Validation of the Spanish versions of the long (26 items) and short (12 items) forms of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS)

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Marcelo Marcos Piva Demarzo¹  Lorena López-Artal³  Jesús Montero-Marin⁴  Eva Andrés⁵  Mayte Navarro-Gil⁶  Javier Garcia-Campayo² 

[1] Center for Mindfulness and Health Promotion, Department of Preventive Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil;Primary Care Prevention and Health Promotion Research Network (RedIAPP), Zaragoza, Spain;Lozano Blesa University Clinic Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain;Faculty of Health Sciences and Sports, University of Zaragoza, Huesca, Spain;12 de Octubre Research Institute, Madrid, Spain;Bit&Brain Technologies, Zaragoza, Spain

关键词: Mindfulness;    Spanish;    Validation;    Self-compassion;   

Others  :  821847
DOI  :  10.1186/1477-7525-12-4

 received in 2013-08-30, accepted in 2014-01-06,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Self-compassion is a key psychological construct for assessing clinical outcomes in mindfulness-based interventions. The aim of this study was to validate the Spanish versions of the long (26 item) and short (12 item) forms of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS).

Methods

The translated Spanish versions of both subscales were administered to two independent samples: Sample 1 was comprised of university students (n = 268) who were recruited to validate the long form, and Sample 2 was comprised of Aragon Health Service workers (n = 271) who were recruited to validate the short form. In addition to SCS, the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory–Trait (STAI-T), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) were administered. Construct validity, internal consistency, test-retest reliability and convergent validity were tested.

Results

The Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) of the long and short forms of the SCS confirmed the original six-factor model in both scales, showing goodness of fit. Cronbach’s α for the 26 item SCS was 0.87 (95% CI = 0.85-0.90) and ranged between 0.72 and 0.79 for the 6 subscales. Cronbach’s α for the 12-item SCS was 0.85 (95% CI = 0.81-0.88) and ranged between 0.71 and 0.77 for the 6 subscales. The long (26-item) form of the SCS showed a test-retest coefficient of 0.92 (95% CI = 0.89–0.94). The Intraclass Correlation (ICC) for the 6 subscales ranged from 0.84 to 0.93. The short (12-item) form of the SCS showed a test-retest coefficient of 0.89 (95% CI: 0.87-0.93). The ICC for the 6 subscales ranged from 0.79 to 0.91. The long and short forms of the SCS exhibited a significant negative correlation with the BDI, the STAI and the PSQ, and a significant positive correlation with the MAAS. The correlation between the total score of the long and short SCS form was r = 0.92.

Conclusion

The Spanish versions of the long (26-item) and short (12-item) forms of the SCS are valid and reliable instruments for the evaluation of self-compassion among the general population. These results substantiate the use of this scale in research and clinical practice.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Garcia-Campayo et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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