The psychometric properties of the compassionate love scale and the validation of the English and German 7-item compassion for others scale (COS-7)

An increasing body of scientific research on the nature, correlates, and effects compassion has accrued over recent years. Expert agreement not yet been reached conceptualisation for others, existing self-report measures others have often lacked psychometric quality content validity. Recent publications longer represent significant strides towards ameliorating these issues. However, there is a need psychometrically sound short scales measuring in time-constrained settings. To meet this need, one can assess qualities order to develop robust adaptations such scales. Study 1 (N = 501) empirically assessed properties widely cited Compassionate Love Scale (CLS) validate new scale (strangers) comprised items from CLS – 7-item Compassion Others (COS-7). 2 332) addressed absence German measure by validating version COS-7. The did display adequate model fit. Both English versions COS-7 demonstrated fit, factor loadings, internal consistency, interpretability, convergent/divergent validity, no floor/ceiling effects. Findings provide support as others. first published date.