Psychometric properties of Self-Compassion Scale Short Form (SCS-SF) in Spanish adolescents.

Autor: Maya J; Department of Psychology, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Seville, Spain., Arcos-Romero AI; Department of Psychology, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Seville, Spain., Rodríguez-Carrasco CR; Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Seville, Seville, Spain., Hidalgo V; Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Heliyon [Heliyon] 2024 Aug 14; Vol. 10 (16), pp. e36331. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 14 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e36331
Abstrakt: Background: Self-compassion, individual's ability to treat oneself kindly, is important for mental well-being. The Self-Compassion Scale (SCS) is the most used instrument to measure self-compassion, but the short form does not have validity evidence in adolescents.
Methods: We examined the psychometric properties of the SCS-SF (12 items) in 955 Spanish adolescents (M age  = 13.95) using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and reliability tests. The life satisfaction, family satisfaction, and reactive-proactive aggression were used for convergent validity.
Results: Cronbach's alpha reliability value for the total scale was .723. CFA confirmed that the six-factor model showed good fit indices with three positive dimensions: self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness; and three negative components: self-judgment, isolation, and over-identification (χ 2  = 114.730; CFI = .966; GFI = .98; RMSEA = .045). The bifactorial model also showed an adequate fit, although with weaker values than the six-factor (ꭓ 2  = 247.108; CFI = .914; GFI = .95; RMSEA = .06). The unifactorial model showed an inadequate fit. Total SCS score correlated positively with family satisfaction ( r  = .43; p  < .001) and life satisfaction ( r  = .48; p  < .001) and negatively with reactive aggressiveness ( r  = -.27; p  < .001) and with proactive aggressiveness ( r  = -.18; p  < .001). Self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness were associated with higher family and life satisfaction ( p  < .001) Self-judgment, isolation, and over-identification were associated with lower family and life satisfaction ( p  < .001). Self-judgment and isolation positively correlated with both reactive and proactive aggression ( p  < .001), while mindfulness negatively correlated with both reactive and proactive aggression ( p  < .01).
Conclusion: The SCS-SF is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing self-compassion in Spanish adolescents. Results suggest the six-factor model in its first validation in an adolescent population with convergent validity. The findings of this study corroborate the significance of self-compassion for the mental health of adolescents, particularly in relation to their family and life satisfaction.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
(© 2024 The Authors.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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