Validation of the Body Compassion Scale in multiple sclerosis.

IF 1.7 4区医学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Rehabilitation Psychology Pub Date : 2025-05-26 DOI:10.1037/rep0000618

Erin G Mistretta, Jennifer K Altman, Lindsey M Knowles, Dawn M Ehde

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Abstract

Purpose/objective: The Body Compassion Scale (BCS) is a novel measure assessing the extent to which an individual is able to (a) view their body as one of the many components of their personhood, (b) recognize that everyone shares the experience of living in a physical body, with its advantages and disadvantages, and (c) embrace their body's current appearance, state of health, and functioning. It has been validated in healthy undergraduate samples; yet, there exists limited work documenting the psychometric properties among individuals with chronic health conditions. We evaluated the factor structure of the BCS among a sample of individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS).

Research method/design: In total, 677 people (M_age = 52.89, SD_age = 12.83) reported on their body compassion, fatigue, pain, cognitive functioning, disability, depression, anxiety, and resilience in an online survey sent out to a regional and national MS listserv.

Results: A three-factor structure (defusion, common humanity, and acceptance) emerged as the best fit to the data. All three subscores demonstrated acceptable internal consistency and validity evidence.

Conclusions/implications: The findings extend existing work demonstrating a three-factor structure of the BCS and provide preliminary validity for the use of the BCS among people living with MS and potentially other rehabilitation populations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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身体同情量表在多发性硬化症中的验证。

目的/目标：身体同情量表（BCS）是一种评估个人能够在何种程度上(a)将自己的身体视为其人格的众多组成部分之一，(b)认识到每个人都分享生活在身体中的经验，以及它的优点和缺点，以及(c)接受自己身体目前的外观、健康状况和功能。该方法已在健康的大学生样本中得到验证；然而，关于慢性健康状况个体的心理测量特性的记录工作有限。我们评估了多发性硬化症（MS）患者样本中BCS的因子结构。研究方法/设计：共有677人（年龄= 52.89，年龄= 12.83）在一项在线调查中报告了他们的身体同情、疲劳、疼痛、认知功能、残疾、抑郁、焦虑和恢复力，该调查被发送到一个地区和国家的MS列表服务器。结果：一个三因素结构（融合，共同人性和接受）出现了最适合的数据。所有三个子分数都显示出可接受的内部一致性和有效性证据。结论/意义：这些发现扩展了现有的BCS的三因素结构，并为BCS在MS患者和潜在的其他康复人群中的使用提供了初步的有效性。（PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA，版权所有）。

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Rehabilitation Psychology Multiple-

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4.80

自引率

7.40%

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期刊介绍： Rehabilitation Psychology is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles in furtherance of the mission of Division 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology) of the American Psychological Association and to advance the science and practice of rehabilitation psychology. Rehabilitation psychologists consider the entire network of biological, psychological, social, environmental, and political factors that affect the functioning of persons with disabilities or chronic illness. Given the breadth of rehabilitation psychology, the journal"s scope is broadly defined.