Validation of the Psychometric Properties of the Self‐Compassion Scale. Testing the Factorial Validity and Factorial Invariance of the Measure among Borderline Personality Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Eating Disorder and General Populations

• DOI: 10.1002/cpp.1974
• Publication Date: 2015-08-20T05:58:57Z
• Authors: Joana Costa; João Marôco; José Pinto‐Gouveia; Cláudia Ferreira; Paula Castilho
• Keywords: Self-Compassion; External validity; Measurement Invariance

During the last years, there has been a growing interest in self-compassion. Empirical evidences show that self-compassion is associated with psychological benefits among young adults and it might be considered buffer factor several mental disorders.The aim of this study was to validate psychometric properties Self-compassion Scale (SCS: Neff, 2003a) after initial lack replicating original six-factor structure.Data were collected from overall database research centre (56 men 305 women; mean age = 25.19) comprised four groups: borderline personality disorder, anxiety eating disorder general population.Confirmatory analysis supported two-factor model (self-compassionate attitude versus self-critical attitude) good internal consistencies, construct-related validity external validity. Configural, weak measurement structural invariance SCS also shown.Findings support generalizability both interpretations scores on are equivalent across these population groups. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.A structure strong clinical non-clinical samples. Helping individuals limited experiences compassion develop positive processing systems seems related better health, self-acceptance self-nurturing abilities. The non-probabilistic sampling limits generalization our conclusions.