Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of forms of self-criticizing/attacking and self-reassuring scale

• Published in: Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) N.J.), 2023-01, Vol.42 (1), p.82
• Main Authors: Bellur, Zümrüt, Alpay, Emre Han, Aydin, Arzu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Depression, Mental; Evaluation; Psychological aspects; Psychological tests; Psychometrics; Self-evaluation; Translations and translating
• ISSN: 1046-1310; 1936-4733
• DOI: 10.1007/s12144-021-01408-0

The study aims to investigate the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of Forms of Self-Criticizing/Attacking and Self-Reassuring Scale (FSCRS) in clinical and community samples. A total of 269 depression outpatients (71.7% females; M.sub.age = 28.28, SD.sub.age = 9.11) and 305 participants from the general population (54.5% females; M.sub.age = 43.11, SD.sub.age = 9.60) were recruited. Participants completed the FSCRS, The Levels of Self-Criticism (LOSC) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). A three-factor model of FSCRS (reassured-self, inadequate-self, and hated-self) showed the best-fitting measurement model in both samples. Measurement invariance of the test for clinical and non-clinical samples was also examined, and the findings support the measurement invariance of FSCRS scores across clinical and community sample. The dimensions of self-criticism had positive, and reassured-self had negative correlations with BDI and subscales of LOSC in both groups. Internal consistency was analyzed via Cronbach's alpha coefficients. The Cronbach's alpha coefficients for clinical and non-clinical sample were found to be .86 and .78 for inadequate-self, .85 and .74 for reassured-self, and .75 and .65 for hated-self respectively. Our results show that the FSCRS demonstrates good psychometric properties in clinical and non-clinical sample. The Turkish version of FSCRS can be used as a process and outcome scale for clinicians and researchers in clinical and non-clinical sample.