Henje Eva, Rindestig Frida Carlberg, Gilbert Paul, Dennhag Inga
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Clinical Sciences, Umea University, Sweden.
Clinical Psychology, University of Derby, Derby, UK.
Scand J Child Adolesc Psychiatr Psychol. 2020 Jul 18;8:70-80. doi: 10.21307/sjcapp-2020-007. eCollection 2020.
There is increasing evidence that compassion is linked to mental health and well-being while difficulties in receiving and expressing compassion to self and others is associated with mental health and social difficulties. For the most part the self-report scales that measure these processes have been developed for adults and little is known how they function in adolescents. This study investigates a Swedish adaption for adolescents of the Compassionate Engagement and Action Scales (CEAS), developed by Gilbert et al. (2017) for adults. This assesses different competencies associated with being compassionate to others, the experience receiving compassion from others, and being compassionate with one-self.
To evaluate the psychometric properties and gender differences of CEAS for Youths - Swedish version (CEASY-SE), in a school-sample of adolescents (n = 316) aged 15-20 years.
The Compassionate Engagement and Action Scales were translated into Swedish. A back-translation method was used. It was then adapted for adolescents with age-appropriate language. Adolescents were recruited by research assistants at two public high schools.
After removing one item of each subscale, the dimensionalities of the three scales were good. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that engagement and action constituted different dimensions in each scale. Internal consistency was good to excellent in all three sub-scales (α from 0.74 to 0.92). Intra Class Correlations demonstrated good to excellent test-retest reliability over a period of three weeks (0.67 to 0.85). Convergent and divergent validity were as expected, except for Compassion for others, which did not correlate with anxiety and depression symptoms as expected. Girls showed less self-compassion compared to boys and more compassion for others.
Present study suggests that CEASY-SE has good to excellent psychometric properties and further study is needed for more definite establishment of the psychometric properties. Girls and boys have different patterns of compassion.
越来越多的证据表明，同情心与心理健康和幸福感相关，而在对自己和他人表达及接受同情方面存在困难则与心理健康问题和社交困难有关。在很大程度上，用于测量这些过程的自我报告量表是针对成年人开发的，对于它们在青少年中的作用知之甚少。本研究调查了吉尔伯特等人（2017年）为成年人开发的《同情参与和行动量表》（CEAS）在瑞典青少年中的适应性情况。该量表评估了与对他人富有同情心、从他人那里获得同情的体验以及自我同情相关的不同能力。
在15至20岁青少年的学校样本（n = ）中评估青少年版瑞典语《同情参与和行动量表》（CEASY - SE）的心理测量特性及性别差异。
《同情参与和行动量表》被翻译成瑞典语。采用了回译法。然后用适合青少年的语言对其进行了改编。研究助理在两所公立高中招募了青少年。
在每个子量表删除一个项目后，三个量表的维度良好。验证性因素分析表明，参与和行动在每个量表中构成不同维度。所有三个子量表的内部一致性良好到优秀（α从0.74到0.92）。组内相关系数表明，在三周时间内重测信度良好到优秀（0.67到0.85）。收敛效度和区分效度符合预期，但对他人的同情这一项除外，它与焦虑和抑郁症状的相关性未达预期。与男孩相比，女孩表现出较少的自我同情和较多的对他人同情。
本研究表明CEASY - SE具有良好到优秀的心理测量特性，需要进一步研究以更确切地确定其心理测量特性。男孩和女孩具有不同的同情模式。 316
