Psychometric proferties of hindi version of self compassion scale in Indian population

Abstract

Background Self-compassion imply being warm and understanding toward ourselves when we suffer, fail, or feel inadequate, rather than ignoring our pain or flagellating ourselves with self-criticism. Objectives To measure the internal consistency of Hindi translated Version Self Compassion Scale (Neff, 2003) among adulthood. Further, to evaluate the divergent and convergent validity of Hindi version Self Compassion Scale. Methods Participants were 370adults (194 females and 176 males). Participants age ranged from 18 to 35 years with a mean of 24.58 age of years (SD=4.03). Participants were recruited from three different colleges at Khagaria district, Bihar, India. Participants were given self report questionnaire including demographic details, Hindi version of SCS, Short Depression-Happiness Scale (SDHS), Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), and short Warwick-Edinburg Mantle Well-being Scale (SWEMWBS). Data Analysis Computation of internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha) was done across the samples. For the construct validity, Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated between Hindi version of SCS and other constructs. Results Cronbach’s α for the 26 item Hindi version Self Compassion Scale is 0.67 and ranged between 0.62 and 0.71 for the 6 subscales. Cronbach’s alphas for the SCS subscales were .51 for self-kindness, .47 for common humanity, .50 for mindfulness, .31 for self-judgment, .17 for isolation and .62 for over-identification. SCS was found to be positively related with Mindfulness and Well being scale and negatively related with SDHS. Conclusion: In summary, the current study the Hindi version of the Self-Compassion Scale has satisfactory validity. Further, research should again check its psychometric properties for Hindi version of SCS among Indian population.

Key-words: self compassion, mindfulness, wellbeing, depression, reliability, validity