Martins David, Nicholas Nichole A, Shaheen Magda, Jones Loretta, Norris Keith
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2013 Aug;24(3):1235-46. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2013.0148.
Compassion is the capacity for being moved by suffering of others and wanting to help alleviate it. Compassion may mediate health benefits and hazards of social networks/relationships. The monitoring/management of level of compassion across social networks/relationships may be critical to health benefits' preservation and social networks/relationships' health hazards prevention. We developed and evaluated the psychometric properties of 10-item self-report measure of compassion among 310 respondents from the University and surrounding communities. The mean total score was 3.62 (SD=1.09). The item-to-total correlations ranged from 0.50-0.71. The mean inter-item correlation was 0.33. The internal consistency was 0.82. The scale correlated well with Sprecher and Fehr's Compassionate Love Scale (r=0.66; p=.000). Two factors measuring same construct explained 57% of sample variance. The scale is user-friendly, easy to score, and characterized by good psychometric properties. It can be used to foster understanding of the impact of compassion on disease and outcomes across social networks/relationships.
同情心是一种因他人的痛苦而感动并希望帮助减轻痛苦的能力。同情心可能会调节社交网络/人际关系对健康的益处和危害。监测/管理社交网络/人际关系中的同情心水平对于保持健康益处和预防社交网络/人际关系对健康的危害可能至关重要。我们开发并评估了一项包含10个条目的同情心自我报告量表的心理测量特性，该量表用于来自大学及周边社区的310名受访者。平均总分是3.62（标准差=1.09）。条目与总分的相关性在0.50至0.71之间。平均条目间相关性为0.33。内部一致性为0.82。该量表与施普雷彻和费尔的同情爱量表相关性良好（r = 0.66；p = 0.000）。测量相同构念的两个因素解释了57%的样本方差。该量表对用户友好，易于评分，具有良好的心理测量特性。它可用于促进对同情心对社交网络/人际关系中疾病及结果影响的理解。
