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Spanish version of the Santa Clara Brief Compassion Scale: evidence of validity and factorial invariance in Peru
Author(s)
Caycho‐Rodríguez, Tomás
Private University of the North
Plante, Thomas G.
Santa Clara University
Carbajal‐León, Carlos
Private University of the North
Cabrera-Orosco, Isabel
Universidad Continental
García Cadena, Cirilo H.
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Reyes-Bossio, Mario
Peruvian University of Applied Sciences
Date Issued
25 de julio de 2020
Type
Article
Volume
41
Issue
7
Series/Report No.
Current Psychology
Start Page
4431
End Page
4446
ISSN
1046-1310
1936-4733
Abstract
The Santa Clara Brief Compassion Scale (SCBCS) is a brief measure of compassion, created in English and translated into Brazilian Portuguese. Nonetheless, to date, no study has assessed the psychometric evidence of its Spanish translation. This study examines the evidence of validity, reliability, and factorial invariance according to the gender of a Spanish version of the SCBCS. Participants included 273 Peruvian university students (50.9% women) with an average age of 21.23 years (SD = 3.24); divided into two groups of men and women to conduct the invariance factor analysis. Other measures of mindfulness, well-being, empathy, and anxiety were applied along with the SCBCS. The Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) indicated that a unifactorial model adjusted significantly to the data (χ2 = 12,127, df = 5, p = .033, χ2 /df = 2.42, CFI = .998, RMSEA = .072 [CI90% .019, .125]; SRMR = .030, WRMR = .551) and presented good reliability (α = .90 [95% .88–.92]; ω = .91). Moreover, correlations between the SCBCS and other measures of mindfulness (r = .53, p < .05, cognitive empathy (r = 55; p < .05), affective empathy (r = .56, p < .05), well-being (r = .55, p < .05), and anxiety (r = −.46; p < .05) supported the convergent and discriminant validity. Likewise, the multiple-group CFA supported the factorial invariance according to the gender of the SCBCS. Results indicate that the SCBCS possesses evidence of validity, reliability, and invariance between men and women for measuring compassion toward others in Peruvian undergraduate students. SCBCS is expected to be used by researchers, healthcare professionals, teachers, and others as a useful measure of compassion in college students.