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AB - The Self-Compassion Scale (SCS) is currently the only self-report instrument to measure self-compassion. The SCS is widely used despite the limited evidence for the scale’s psy- chometric properties, with validation studies commonly performed in college students. The current study examined the factor structure, reliability, and construct validity of the SCS in a OPEN ACCESS large representative sample from the community. The study was conducted in 1,736 per- Citation: López A, Sanderman R, Smink A, Zhang Y, sons, of whom 1,643 were included in the analyses. Besides the SCS, data was collected van Sonderen E, Ranchor A, et al. (2015) A on positive and negative indicators of psychological functioning, as well as on rumination Reconsideration of the Self-Compassion Scale’s Total Score: Self-Compassion versus Self-Criticism. PLoS and neuroticism. Analyses included confirmatory factor analyses (CFA), exploratory factor ONE 10(7): e0132940. doi:10.1371/journal. analyses (EFA), and correlations. CFA showed that the SCS’s proposed six-factor structure pone.0132940 could not be replicated. EFA suggested a two-factor solution, formed by the positively and Editor: Jelte M. Wicherts, Tilburg University, negatively formulated items respectively. Internal consistency was good for the two identi- NETHERLANDS fied factors. The negative factor (i.e., sum score of the negatively formulated items) corre- Received: 
TI - A Reconsideration of the Self-Compassion Scale’s Total Score: Self-Compassion versus Self-Criticism
JF - PLoS ONE
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0132940
DA - 2015-07-20
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/a-reconsideration-of-the-self-compassion-scale-s-total-score-self-FZmXXis2lt
DP - DeepDyve
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