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Properties of Persian Translated Version of Body Compassion Scale
Nahid Hoseininezhad1, Roya Rasuli1, Abbas Abdollahi1
1Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.
Purpose:
The Body Compassion Scale (BCS) is a self-report instrument developed to evaluate body compassion across three dimensions: defusion, common humanity, and acceptance. This study aimed to translate the BCS into Persian and assess its psychometric properties within an Iranian sample.
Methods:
A total of 650 participants (522 women and 128 men), aged 18-40, were recruited through convenience sampling. The psychometric evaluation included assessments of face validity, content validity, and construct validity, along with reliability analysis using composite reliability and Cronbach's alpha. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to examine the factor structure and model fit of the BCS.
Findings:
The Persian version of the BCS demonstrated strong validity and reliability, with composite reliability and Cronbach's alpha values exceeding 0.7. CFA confirmed the three-factor structure, with acceptable goodness-of-fit indices. Significant correlations between the BCS and related measures-including the Self-Compassion Short Form, the Santa Clara Brief Compassion Scale, and body image assessments-provided evidence supporting both convergent and divergent validity.
Conclusion:
These results indicate that the Persian BCS is a valid and reliable tool for assessing body compassion among the Iranian populations.
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