Self-Compassion Scale.

SCS

What it measures

self-compassion; self-kindness; common humanity; mindfulness; self-judgment; isolation; over-identification

Length and format

26 items. 5-point Likert (almost never to almost always); 6 subscales (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Translated into 20+ languages incl. German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Persian, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Japanese

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Neff, K. D. (2003). The development and validation of a scale to measure self-compassion. Self and Identity, 2(3), 223-250.