Maternity and Children Department, Faculty of Nursing, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Nursing Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Shaqra University, Al Dawadmi, Saudi Arabia.
Nurse Educ Today. 2020 Jun;89:104420. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104420. Epub 2020 Apr 2.
The Self-Compassion Scale is an extensively used tool to measure self-compassion among different groups of population, including nurses. The tool has been translated and tested for its psychometric properties in previous studies. Assessing self-compassion among Saudi nursing students is critical as self-compassion is suggested to create a positive effect on one's wellbeing, coping, emotions, and other personal outcomes.
This study determined the validity and reliability of the Self-Compassion Scale Arabic version (SCS-A) for nursing students. It also identified the demographic factors associated with the students' self-compassion.
A quantitative, cross-sectional design.
The investigation was carried-out in two government universities in Saudi Arabia.
A sample of 322 Saudi nursing students in the 2nd to 4th year, as well as nurse interns was surveyed (mean age = 21.27, range = 18-27).
The Self-Compassion Scale was culturally adapted to come up with the SCS-A. Content validity was established. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was used to establish the construct validity; whereas for reliability, internal consistency and test-retest reliability were established. Pearson's product correlation, t-test, and One-way Analysis of Variance were used to examine the demographic factors associated with self-compassion, accordingly.
A panel of experts rated content validity as excellent. The EFA revealed six dimensions namely "self-judgment," "self-kindness," "common humanity," "mindfulness," "isolation," and "over-identification", with total variance of 64.1%. Cronbach's alpha values for the six factors were from 0.76 to 0.85, with an overall α of the whole scale at 0.86. Computation revealed ICC values ranging from 0.84 to 0.92, whereas the ICC for the entire SCS-A was 0.81.
SCS-A shown satisfactory validity as well as good reliability. SCS-A can be used to collect baseline data on self-compassion, which could be used in developing policies in the universities and training hospitals to ensure that nurse interns and nursing students have compassion toward self. The study also opens opportunities for multi-country and cross-cultural studies on self-compassion among nursing students.
自我同情量表是一种广泛用于衡量不同人群（包括护士）自我同情的工具。该工具已在先前的研究中进行了翻译和心理测量学特性测试。评估沙特护理学生的自我同情至关重要，因为自我同情被认为对一个人的幸福感、应对能力、情绪和其他个人结果产生积极影响。
本研究旨在确定自我同情量表阿拉伯语版本（SCS-A）在护理学生中的有效性和可靠性。它还确定了与学生自我同情相关的人口统计学因素。
定量、横断面设计。
该调查在沙特阿拉伯的两所政府大学进行。
调查了 322 名沙特护理学生（第 2 至 4 年）和护士实习生（平均年龄 21.27 岁，范围 18-27 岁）。
对自我同情量表进行文化适应性改编，得出 SCS-A。建立内容效度。采用探索性因素分析（EFA）建立结构效度；而对于可靠性，建立了内部一致性和重测信度。使用 Pearson 乘积相关、t 检验和单因素方差分析来检验与自我同情相关的人口统计学因素。
一组专家对内容效度的评价为优秀。EFA 揭示了六个维度，分别是“自我判断”、“自我友善”、“共同人性”、“正念”、“孤立”和“过度认同”，总方差为 64.1%。六个因素的 Cronbach's alpha 值在 0.76 到 0.85 之间，整个量表的整体α值为 0.86。计算得出的 ICC 值范围为 0.84 到 0.92，而整个 SCS-A 的 ICC 值为 0.81。
SCS-A 表现出令人满意的有效性和良好的可靠性。SCS-A 可用于收集自我同情的基线数据，这可用于大学和培训医院制定政策，以确保护士实习生和护理学生对自己有同情心。该研究还为护理学生自我同情的多国和跨文化研究开辟了机会。
