A Translation and Validation Study of the Korean Self-Compassion Scale
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2022
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University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Self-compassion, derived from Buddhist principles, refers to a positive self-attitude focused on recognizing and accepting one’s failures with a balanced awareness and kindness. In recent years, there has been growing interest in the putative benefits of self-compassion for enhancing psychological well-being in many countries. A Korean version of the widely used Self-Compassion Scale (SCS; Neff, 2003b) was published by Kim and colleagues in 2008 (Korean Self-Compassion Scale; K-SCS); however, it may not accurately capture the constructs assessed by the initial SCS. The proposed study was designed to address conceptual and methodological concerns by retranslating the K-SCS using approved translation procedures and to examine its properties in a South Korean sample. The goal of the current study was to provide a reliable version of the K-SCS that can be used in further research on self-compassion in South Koreans, providing an accurate and reliable means of assessing the nature and correlates of self-compassion in this population. This initial exploration of the newly translated K-SCS examined its associations with psychological well-being (including life satisfaction and happiness) and mental health (including symptoms of depression, anxiety, and eating disorders), and compared patterns of relationships in Korean and American samples. Comparative analyses between these populations were conducted to identify similar and/or different patterns of relationships between self-compassion, psychological well-being, and mental health indices. However, findings from these comparative analyses should be taken with caution due to the US sample’s unusually high mean scores and atypical patterns of gender differences noted on some measures when compared to the standardized sample from previous studies. Keywords: Self-compassion, Self-compassion scale, South Korea, Culture
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Compassion--Religious aspects--Buddhism, Self-compassion
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Korea (South)
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