The Development and Validation of the Compassion Scale

This article presents a measure of compassion for others called the Compassion Scale (CS), which is based on Neff’s theoretical model of self-compassion. Compassion was operationalized as experiencing kindness, a sense of common humanity, mindfulness, and lessened indifference toward the suffering o...

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Published in:Assessment (Odessa, Fla.) Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 21 - 39
Main Authors: Pommier, Elizabeth, Neff, Kristin D., Tóth-Király, István
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2020
Subjects:
Adult
Community Participation
Empathy
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mindfulness
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Self Concept
Students
Surveys and Questionnaires - standards
United States
Universities
Young Adult
United States
Compassion Scale
compassion
exploratory structural equation modeling
bifactor analyses
self-compassion
Self-Compassion Scale
ISSN:1073-1911, 1552-3489, 1552-3489
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Summary:This article presents a measure of compassion for others called the Compassion Scale (CS), which is based on Neff’s theoretical model of self-compassion. Compassion was operationalized as experiencing kindness, a sense of common humanity, mindfulness, and lessened indifference toward the suffering of others. Study 1 (n = 465) describes the development of potential scale items and the final 16 CS items chosen based on results from analyses using bifactor exploratory structural equation modeling. Study 2 (n = 510) cross-validates the CS in a second student sample. Study 3 (n = 80) establishes test–retest reliability. Study 4 (n = 1,394) replicates results with a community sample, while Study 5 (n = 172) replicates results with a sample of meditators. Study 6 (n = 913) examines the finalized version of the CS in a community sample. Evidence regarding reliability, discriminant, convergent, construct, and known-groups validity for the CS is provided.
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ISSN:1073-1911
1552-3489
1552-3489
DOI:10.1177/1073191119874108