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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Health Psychology

Background:

  • Growing interest in self-compassion due to its links with physical and mental health.
  • Existing self-compassion measures have conceptual and psychometric limitations.
  • Need for a reliable and valid self-compassion assessment tool.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop the Brief Self-Compassion Inventory (BSCI).
  • To evaluate the psychometric properties of the BSCI.
  • To provide a brief, reliable measure of self-compassion.

Main Methods:

  • Item development based on theory, prior research, and patient/expert feedback.
  • Psychometric testing of the BSCI with 404 adult cancer patients (breast, gastrointestinal, lung, prostate).
  • Confirmatory factor analysis, reliability testing, construct validity assessment, and measurement invariance testing.

Main Results:

  • Confirmatory factor analysis supported a unidimensional structure for the BSCI.
  • The BSCI demonstrated excellent internal consistency reliability.
  • Construct validity was confirmed through correlations with mindfulness, cancer acceptance, and coping strategies.
  • Measurement invariance confirmed BSCI's suitability across diverse patient demographics and cancer types.

Conclusions:

  • The 5-item BSCI is a psychometrically sound measure.
  • The BSCI is suitable for use with adults across various genders, cancer types, and disease stages.
  • Further testing in nonclinical and other medical populations is recommended.