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Nazari, N., Hernández, R.M., Ocaña-Fernandez, Y. and Griffiths, M.D. 
ORCID: 0000-0001-8880-6524,
2022.
Psychometric validation of the Persian Self-Compassion Scale Youth version.
Mindfulness, 13 (2), pp. 385-397.
ISSN 1868-8527
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Abstract
Objectives: Empirical research investigating self-compassion is a rapidly developing field, and it is potentially crucial in early adolescence. The primary aim of the present study was to psychometrically evaluate the Persian translation of the Self-Compassion Scale Youth version (SCS-Y) and evaluate its factor structure among young adolescents. The second aim was to explore the buffering effect of self-compassion against the negative effect of difficulties in emotion regulation on COVID-19-related anxiety.
Methods: A sample of young students (n = 532; mean age 13.57 years) completed an online survey, which included the SCS-Y, Patient Health Questionnaire, Difficulties In Emotion Regulation Scale, Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, Youth Life Orientation Test, Brief Resilience Scale, and Brief 10-Item Big Five Inventory. First-order (six-factor) confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and bi-factor exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) analysis were used to evaluate the factor structure of the SCS-Y.
Results: Results showed that the SCS-Y had very good internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha coefficient: 0.88; McDonald’s omega coefficient: 0.90), composite reliability (0.87), and adequate test–retest reliability after 4 weeks (0.60). The first-order (six-factor) CFA and bi-factor ESEM analysis demonstrated the SCS-Y had excellent dimensionality. Further analysis found negative associations between self-compassion with both depression and neuroticism, and positive associations between self-compassion with both resilience and optimism. Moreover, self-compassion moderated the association between emotion dysregulation and anxiety generated by the COVID-19. Overall, the findings indicated that the SCS-Y had acceptable criterion-related validity, convergent validity, and discriminant validity.
Conclusions: The findings provide evidence that the SCS-Y is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing the six factors of self-compassion among younger adolescents. Based on the study’s findings, self-compassion appears to be a protective factor against mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic for younger adolescents.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||||
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| Publication Title: | Mindfulness | ||||||
| Creators: | Nazari, N., Hernández, R.M., Ocaña-Fernandez, Y. and Griffiths, M.D. | ||||||
| Publisher: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC | ||||||
| Date: | February 2022 | ||||||
| Volume: | 13 | ||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1868-8527 | ||||||
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| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences | ||||||
| Record created by: | Jeremy Silvester | ||||||
| Date Added: | 07 Jan 2022 17:34 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Jan 2023 03:00 | ||||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/45195 |
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