Psychometric Properties of Self-Compassion Scale among University Students in Egypt

The current study aims to investigate the psychometric properties of the self-compassion scale among university students, and by using the descriptive approach, the study questions are answered, and the self-compassion scale was used. Prepared by: Neff (2003). The sample consisted of 380 university students in the Arab Republic of Egypt, 102 (26.8%) males, and 278 (73.2%) females, which ages ranged from 18 to 21 years. Statistical methods were used: mean, median, variance, skewness, and kurtosis, and the stability of the tool was confirmed using alpha and omega coefficients, and factor validity was performed using confirmatory factor analysis. The results resulted in the tool confirming acceptable stability standards, as the alpha coefficient ranged between 0.66 to 0.78, and the omega coefficient ranged between 0.67 and 0.78. The confirmatory factor analysis also resulted in a fitting for the assumed model. The results of the goodness-of-fit indicators were as follows: (RMSEA = .063, X2 = 886.2, P = .000, NNFI = .97, GFI = .96, SRMR = .066, PGFI = .80), and the tool has appropriate psychometric properties.