Table 2 Items and Factor Loadings for the Six Subscale Factors of the long and short forms of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS)
Item | (Numbers as in the long form SCS) | Loading loading |
|---|---|---|
Long-form | Short-form | |
Self-kindness subscale | ||
5.- I try to love myself when I’m feeling emotional pain. | .68 | -- |
12.- When I’m going through a very hard time, I give myself the care and tenderness I need. | .72 | .66 |
19.- I’m kind to myself when I’m experiencing suffering. | .70 | -- |
23.- I’m tolerant of my own flaws and inadequacies. | .71 | -- |
26.- I try to be understanding and patient towards aspects of my personality that I don’t like. | .69 | .71 |
Self-judgment subscale | ||
1.- I’m disapproving and judgmental of my flaws and inadequacies. | .70 | .67 |
8.- When times are really difficult, I tend to be tough on myself. | .67 | -- |
11.- I’m intolerant and impatient towards aspects of my personality that I don’t like. | .62 | .65 |
16.- When I see aspects of myself that I don’t like, I am down on myself. | .77 | -- |
21.- I can be a bit cold-hearted towards myself when I’m experiencing suffering. | .68 | -- |
Common humanity subscale | ||
3.- When things are going badly for me, I see the difficulties as part of life that everyone goes through. | .61 | -- |
7.- When I’m down and out, I remind myself that there many other people in the world share these same feelings. | .71 | -- |
10.- When I feel inadequate in some way, I try to remind myself that feelings of inadequacy are shared by most people. | .72 | .74 |
15.- I try to see my failures as part of the human condition. | .68 | .63 |
Isolation subscale | ||
4.- When I think about my inadequacies, I tend to feel more separate and cut off from the rest of the world. | .69 | -- |
13.- When I’m feeling down, I tend to feel like most other people are happier than I am. | .62 | .59 |
18.- When I’m really struggling, I tend to feel like other people must be having an easier time. | .69 | -- |
25.- When I fail at something that’s important to me, I tend to feel alone in my failure. | .70 | .63 |
Mindfulness subscale | ||
9.- When something upsets me, I try to keep my emotions in balance. | .61 | .64 |
14.- When something painful happens, I try to take a balanced view of the situation. | .71 | .64 |
17.- When I fail at something important to me, I try to keep things in perspective. | .72 | -- |
22.- When I’m feeling down, I try to approach my feelings with curiosity and openness. | .68 | -- |
Over-identification subscale | ||
2.- When I’m feeling down, I tend to obsess and fixate on everything that is going wrong. | .72 | .65 |
6.- When I fail at something important to me, I become consumed by feelings of inadequacy. | .67 | .63 |
20.- When something upsets me, I get carried away with my feelings. | .62 | -- |
24.- When something painful happens, I tend to exaggerate the incident. | .71 | -- |