Institute for Health Research of Aragon (IIS Aragon), Zaragoza, Spain.
University of Zaragoza, Spain.
Assessment. 2024 Jul;31(5):1038-1051. doi: 10.1177/10731911231203966. Epub 2023 Oct 15.
We addressed construct validity and explored the relationship between self-compassion and compassion for others using the two main current operationalizations of compassion (Neff's and the Sussex-Oxford Compassion Scales, SOCSs). Relationships with psychological distress and wellbeing, and potential differences in the association between self-compassion and compassion for others by level of psychological distress and wellbeing were also explored. Participants ( = 811) completed the Spanish adaptations of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS), the Compassion Scale (CS), the SOCSs (for the self/others), the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (SWEMWBS), and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21). We fitted bifactor models to estimate the general factor of each construct for the different operationalizations, and calculated correlations between them. Relationships between self-compassion and compassion for others from the same operationalization were intermediate, while those between the same constructs from different operationalizations were large. Both constructs showed positive associations with wellbeing, while only self-compassion was associated with decreased psychological distress. Participants with good mental health showed higher associations between self-compassion and compassion for others than those with poorer mental health. Self-compassion and compassion for others appear to be dimensional constructs that can converge or diverge. When they converge, it is associated with better mental health.
我们使用当前两种主要的慈悲操作化方法（内夫的和苏塞克斯-牛津慈悲量表，SOCSs）来解决结构效度，并探讨自我慈悲与对他人慈悲之间的关系。还探讨了与心理困扰和幸福感的关系，以及自我慈悲与对他人慈悲之间的关联在心理困扰和幸福感水平上的潜在差异。参与者（n=811）完成了自我慈悲量表（SCS）、慈悲量表（CS）、SOCSs（自我/他人）、短沃里克-爱丁堡心理健康量表（SWEMWBS）和抑郁焦虑压力量表-21（DASS-21）的西班牙语改编版。我们拟合了双因素模型，以估计不同操作化的每个结构的一般因素，并计算了它们之间的相关性。来自同一操作化的自我慈悲和对他人慈悲之间的关系是中间的，而来自不同操作化的相同结构之间的关系是大的。这两个结构都与幸福感呈正相关，而只有自我慈悲与减少心理困扰有关。心理健康状况较好的参与者在自我慈悲和对他人慈悲之间的关联高于心理健康状况较差的参与者。自我慈悲和对他人慈悲似乎是维度结构，可以收敛或发散。当它们收敛时，与更好的心理健康相关。
