the validity and reliability of the iranian version of the self-compassion scale

objective: the self-compassion scale (scs) which originally developed by neff (2003a) is based on the assumption that the self-compassion comprised by self-kindness/self-judgment, common humanity/perceived isolation, and mindfulness/over-identification. this research was aimed to confirm the six-factor structure of scs. methods: 265 university students entered the research to assess the psychometric properties of scs. the participants were asked to complete scs, rosenberg self-esteem scale, beck depression inventory, speilberger state-trait anxiety inventory, ruminative response scale and demographic questionnaires. using amos-21 and spss-21, descriptive statistics, cronbach’s alpha, pearson correlation and confirmatory factor analysis (cfa) were calculated. results: the cronbach’s alpha coefficients for total scs items, self-kindness, self-judgment, common humanity, perceived isolation, mindfulness and over-identification subscale were 0.78, 0.79, 0.79, 0.93, 0.90, 0.88 and 0.88 respectively. results of cfa supported the sixfactor structure scs [rmsea=0.08 (0.078-0.092), nfi=0.86 and cfi=0.90]. the scs showed a significant positive correlation with rss (r=0.261, p<0.05) and a significant negative correlation with rrs (r=-0.363, p<0.05), bdi–ii (r=-0.177, p<0.05) and stai (r=-0.361, p<0.05). conclusion: the six-factor structure of scs demonstrated acceptable psychometric properties in tehran universities students.