SELF-COMPASSION IN NURSES: A SCALE DEVELOPMENT STUDY

OpenAlex İngilizce

This study aimed to develop a measurement tool to assess self-compassion levels among nurses. In this methodological research, convenience sampling, a type of non-probability sampling, was employed. The research was conducted with nurses living in Turkey who met the research criteria. Expert opinions were obtained for the 33-item draft form developed by the researchers, and a pilot study was conducted. Data analysis was performed based on the data obtained from 423 nurses after the pilot study. A 33-item draft questionnaire and a Demographic Information Form were used as data collection tools. Descriptive data were analyzed using percentage and frequency distribution. Content validity index, item-total correlation values, Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin test, Bartlett's sphericity test, principal component analysis, varimax rotation test, and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with the maximum likelihood method were employed for the psychometric evaluation of the scale. Since the correlation values of 13 items in the draft scale were low (