The Levels of Self-Criticism Scale: comparative self-criticism and internalized self-criticism

The Levels of Self-Criticism (LOSC) Scale was designed to measure two dysfunctional forms of negative self-evaluation: Comparative Self-Criticism (CSC) and Internalized Self-Criticism (ISC). An initial pool of 34 items was subjected to reliability and item analyses with 282 participants. From these...

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Published in:Personality and individual differences 2004, Vol.36 (2), p.419-430
Main Authors: Thompson, Richard, Zuroff, David C
Format: Article
Language:English
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Biological and medical sciences
Depression
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Internalization
Negative selfevaluation
Neuroticism
Personality. Affectivity
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychometrics
Self-criticism
Self-Other comparison
Selfcriticism
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Summary:The Levels of Self-Criticism (LOSC) Scale was designed to measure two dysfunctional forms of negative self-evaluation: Comparative Self-Criticism (CSC) and Internalized Self-Criticism (ISC). An initial pool of 34 items was subjected to reliability and item analyses with 282 participants. From these analyses, a final scale of 12 items for CSC and 10 items for ISC was developed. These scales were then validated with 144 participants. As predicted, CSC and ISC were moderately correlated with each other. Each scale was uniquely and predictably related to other measures of personality, attachment, and conflict resolution, and these relationships did not appear to be primarily due to general relationships with Neuroticism. Implications for research and clinical practice are discussed.
ISSN:0191-8869
1873-3549
DOI:10.1016/S0191-8869(03)00106-5