Self-Compassion Scale for Youth (SCS-Y)

Original Version

Neff, K. D., Bluth, K., Tóth-Király, I., Davidson, O., Knox, M. C., Williamson, Z. & Costigan, A., 2019

Portuguese Version

Matos et al., 2020

General Description

The SCS-Y is a 17-item self-report questionnaire that measures six components of self-compassion in adolescents: self-kindness, self-judgment, common humanity, isolation, mindfulness and overidentification Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (almost never) to 5 (almost always).

References

  • Neff, K. D., Bluth, K., Tóth-Király, I., Davidson, O., Knox, M. C., Williamson, Z., & Costigan, A. (2020). Development and validation of the Self-Compassion Scale for Youth. Journal of Personality Assessment, 1-14.

Contacts

apmatos@fpce.uc.pt