Institute of Psychiatric and Psychosomatic Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany.
McLean Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Clin Psychol Psychother. 2021 Jan;28(1):137-149. doi: 10.1002/cpp.2496. Epub 2020 Aug 18.
The cultivation of compassion is associated with beneficial effects on physical and psychological health, satisfaction with life and social relationships. However, some individuals, especially those high in psychopathological symptoms or those with particular disorders such as borderline personality disorder (BPD) may demonstrate pronounced fears of engagement in compassionate experiences or behaviours. Furthermore, fears of compassion have been found to impede progress in psychotherapy. The 38-item fears of compassion scales (FCS) is a self-report questionnaire for measuring trait levels of fears of compassion (a) one receives from others (FCFO), (b) one feels towards others (FCTO) and (c) one feels for oneself (self-compassion; FSC). The FCS is an internationally used instrument of proven validity and reliability in both clinical and nonclinical samples. In the present study, a German translation of the FCS including its three subscales was provided, and the psychometric properties were examined in 430 participants from four different samples: (a) a sample from the general population; (b) a mixed sample of psychiatric residential and outpatients; (c) a clinical sample of residential and outpatients with a primary diagnosis of BPD and (d) a sample of healthy control participants. Internal consistencies were excellent for the German version of the FSC and acceptable to excellent for its subscales. Correlations with established measures of mental health demonstrate its validity. Additionally, the German FCS discriminates significantly between individuals from the general population and patients, thus supporting its specificity. The German FCS is suitable to detect potential obstacles in cultivating compassion in psychotherapeutic treatments and beyond.
培养同情心与身心健康、生活满意度和社会关系的有益影响有关。然而，一些个体，特别是那些具有明显心理病理症状或特定障碍的个体，如边缘型人格障碍（BPD），可能表现出对参与同情体验或行为的明显恐惧。此外，对同情的恐惧已被发现会阻碍心理治疗的进展。38 项恐惧同情量表（FCS）是一种自我报告问卷，用于衡量特质水平的对他人的恐惧（FCFO）、对他人的感受（FCTO）和对自己的感受（自我同情；FSC）。FCS 是一种在临床和非临床样本中具有良好有效性和可靠性的国际上使用的工具。在本研究中，提供了 FCS 的德文翻译及其三个子量表，并在来自四个不同样本的 430 名参与者中检验了其心理测量特性：（a）一般人群样本；（b）精神病住院和门诊混合样本；（c）主要诊断为 BPD 的住院和门诊临床样本；（d）健康对照组样本。FCS 的德文版本具有极好的内部一致性，其分量表的信度为可接受至极好。与心理健康的既定测量指标的相关性证明了其有效性。此外，德国 FCS 可显著区分普通人群和患者，从而支持其特异性。德国 FCS 适用于检测心理治疗和其他领域培养同情心的潜在障碍。
