TITLE:
Validity, Reliability and Factorial Structure of the Self Compassion Scale-Youth Version in the Greek Population
AUTHORS:
Eirini Karakasidou, Georgia Raftopoulou, Christos Pezirkianidis, Anastassios Stalikas
KEYWORDS:
Self-Compassion, Youth, Positive Psychology, Greek Validation, Reliability, Validity, Psychometric Properties
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.12 No.4,
April
15,
2021
ABSTRACT: The scope of the current research is to
validate the Self-Compassion Scale for Youth (SCS-Y). For this study,
participants (N = 193, = 11.74) were recruited online. Each participant
completed a battery of self-reported questionnaires. Normality was tested by
examining the distributional indices for each of the SCS-Y items. We then
examined the Pearson r intercorrelations of the SCS-Y items per factor. To test
the predictive model in which SCS-Y items fit, we conducted a confirmatory
factor analysis (CFA). Model fit indices were great: x2 = 1.338 (≥0.90), GFI = 0.92 (>0.90), RMSEA = 0.04 (