THE VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE TURKISH VERSION OF THE SELF-COMPASSION SCALE

The purpose of this study was to adapt the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS; Neff, 2003) into Turkish and test the validity and reliability of the measure. The study was conducted in four phases with 341 (184 female, 157 male) university students. Both the Turkish and original versions of the SCS were app...

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Published in:Social behavior and personality 2008-01, Vol.36 (9), p.1151-1160
Main Authors: Deniz, M. Engin, Kesici, Şahin, Sümer, A. Serkan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Compassion
Measurement
Methods
Personality assessment
Self compassion
Self-evaluation
Turkey
Validity
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to adapt the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS; Neff, 2003) into Turkish and test the validity and reliability of the measure. The study was conducted in four phases with 341 (184 female, 157 male) university students. Both the Turkish and original versions of the SCS were applied to 66 English language teachers to examine the language equivalence. Since the scale had high levels of language equivalence, validity and reliability studies were conducted. For construct validity, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, discriminant validity and item-total correlations were employed. For reliability, internal consistency and test-retest analysis were employed. Results demonstrated that the Turkish version of the SCS is a valid and reliable measure.
ISSN:0301-2212
1179-6391
DOI:10.2224/sbp.2008.36.9.1151