24,816 responses from 1,816 respondents to 12 items.
| Description | A 12-item scale measuring self-compassion on a 5-point Likert scale (1 to 5). |
|---|---|
| Reference | Fuochi, G., Voci, A., & Moè, A. (2025). Quick Self-Compassion: Italian validation, network analysis, item response theory analysis, and correlates of the Self-Compassion Scale short form. Mindfulness. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-025-02516-9 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s12671-025-02516-9 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Source data | https://osf.io/hfvxd/?view_only=51c67658f98149eead09887de0fc9467 |
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| Responses | 24,816 |
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| Respondents | 1,816 |
| Items | 12 |
| Response categories | 5 |
| Responses per respondent | 13.665 |
| Responses per item | 2,068 |
| Density | 1.139 |
| Longitudinal | FALSE |
| age range | Adult (18+) |
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| sample | General/non-specific |
| construct type | Affective/mental health |
| measurement tool | Survey/questionnaire |
| item format | Likert Scale/selected response |
| primary language(s) | ita |
| construct name | Self-Compassion Scale Short Form (SCS-SF) |
This table has item text in the IRW: the wording administered to respondents, not just the response codes.
| Instrument | Self-Compassion Scale Short Form (SCS-SF; Raes, Pommier, Neff & Van Gucht, 2011), Italian version (Fuochi, Voci & Moè, 2025; items from Veneziani, Fuochi & Voci, 2017) |
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| Mean words per item | 14.917 |
| Mean characters per item | 81.250 |
| Mean characters per response | 5.400 |
| Flesch-Kincaid grade level | 8.026 |
cov_sampleiditemresp
Or load it directly in R or Python:
# R
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("itemresponsewarehouse/Rpkg")
library(irw)
df <- irw_fetch("selfcompassionscale_shortform_fuochi_2025")
# Python
pip install irw
import irw
df = irw.fetch("selfcompassionscale_shortform_fuochi_2025")
@article{Fuochi_2025, title={Quick Self-Compassion: Italian Validation, Network Analysis, Item Response Theory Analysis, and Correlates of the Self-Compassion Scale Short Form}, volume={16}, ISSN={1868-8535}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12671-025-02516-9}, DOI={10.1007/s12671-025-02516-9}, number={2}, journal={Mindfulness}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Fuochi, Giulia and Voci, Alberto and Moè, Angelica}, year={2025}, month=jan, pages={421–436} }
| IRW version | v470 |
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| Redivis dataset | item_response_warehouse v65.0 |
| Redivis dataset DOI | 10.57761/zeky-a088 |
| Manifest pin for this IRW version | v65.0 |
| Metadata source | irw_meta v29.0 |