Development and validation of the forms of self criticizing attacking and self reassuring scale: Short form
Sommers-Spijkerman,M. Trompetter,H.R. Ten Klooster,P. Schreurs,K. Gilbert,P. Bohlmeijer,E.
Sommers-Spijkerman,M.
Trompetter,H.R.
Ten Klooster,P.
Schreurs,K.
Gilbert,P.
Bohlmeijer,E.
Abstract
Studies investigating the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy (CFT) are growing rapidly. As CFT is oriented toward helping people deal with internal processes of self-to-self-relating, having instruments to measure these processes is important. The 22-item Forms of Self-Criticizing/Attacking and Self-Reassuring Scale (FSCRS) has been found a useful measure. In the present study, a 14-item short form of the FSCRS (FSCRS-SF) suited to studies requiring brief measures was developed and tested in a Dutch community sample (N = 363), and cross-validated in a sample consisting of participants in a study on the effectiveness of a guided self-help compassion training (N = 243). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) indicated acceptable to good fit of the FSCRS-SF items to a three-factor model. Findings regarding internal consistency were inconsistent, with Study 1 showing adequate internal consistency for all subscale scores and Study 2 demonstrating satisfactory internal consistency only for the reassured self (RS) subscale score. Furthermore, the results showed that the FSCRS-SF subscale scores had adequate test-retest reliability and satisfactory convergent validity estimates with theoretically related constructs. In addition, the FSCRS-SF subscale scores were found to be sensitive to changes in self-to-self relating over time. Despite mixed findings regarding its reliability requiring further investigation, the FSCRS-SF offers a valid and sensitive measure which shows promise as a complimentary shorter version to the original FSCRS suited to nonclinical populations. Given that the FSCRS is increasingly used as a process and outcome measure, further research on this short form in nonclinical and clinical populations is warranted.
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2018
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COMPASSION-FOCUSED THERAPY, CONFIRMATORY FACTOR-ANALYSIS, CRITICISM, DEPRESSION SCALE, FIT INDEXES, HOSPITAL ANXIETY, MENTAL-HEALTH CONTINUUM, MODEL, PERCEIVED STRESS, PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES, psychometric properties, questionnaire, self-criticism, self-reassurance, short form
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Sommers-Spijkerman, M, Trompetter, H R, Ten Klooster, P, Schreurs, K, Gilbert, P & Bohlmeijer, E 2018, 'Development and validation of the forms of self criticizing attacking and self reassuring scale : Short form', Psychological Assessment, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 729-743. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000514