Erratum to: Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling Analysis of the Self-Compassion Scale

Mindfulness ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 1408-1408
Author(s):  
István Tóth-Király ◽  
Beáta Bőthe ◽  
Gábor Orosz
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
The Self ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Modeling Analysis ◽  
Structural Equation Modeling Analysis ◽  
Compassion Scale

Is Self-Compassion Universal? Support for the Measurement Invariance of the Self-Compassion Scale Across Populations

Assessment ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
István Tóth-Király ◽  
Kristin D. Neff
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
The Self ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Compassion Scale

The Self-Compassion Scale (SCS) is a widely used measure to assess the trait of self-compassion, and, so far, it has been implicitly assumed that it functions the same way across different groups. This assumption needs to be explicitly tested to ascertain that no measurement biases exist. To address this issue, the present study sought to systematically examine the generalizability of the bifactor exploratory structural equation modeling operationalization of the SCS via tests of measurement invariance across a wide range of populations, varying according to features such as student or community status, gender, age, and language. Secondary data were used for this purpose and included a total of 18 samples and 12 different languages ( N = 10,997). Multigroup analyses revealed evidence for the configural, weak, strong, strict, and latent variance–covariance of the bifactor exploratory structural equation modeling operationalization of the SCS across different groups. These findings suggest that the SCS provides an assessment of self-compassion that is psychometrically equivalent across groups. However, findings comparing latent mean invariance found that levels of self-compassion differed across groups.

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