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Item Use of a brief version of the self-compassion inventory with an international sample of people with HIV/AIDS(Taylor and Francis Online, 2013-03-25) Kemppainen, Jeanne; Brion, John; Leary, Mark; wantland, dean; Sullivan, K; Nokes, Kathleen; Bain, Catherine A; chaiphibalsarisdi, puangtip; Chen, Wei-ti; Holzemer, William; Sanzero Eller, Lucille; Iipinge, Scholastika; Johnson, Mallory O; Portillo, Carmen; Voss, Joachim; Tyer-Viola, Lynda; Corless, Inge; Nicholas, Patrice; Dawson Rose, Carol; Phillips, J Craig; Sefcik, Elizabeth; Rivero-Mendez, Marta; Kirksey, Kenn; Kemppainen, Jeanne; Brion, John; Leary, Mark; wantland, dean; Sullivan, K; Nokes, Kathleen; Bain, Catherine A; chaiphibalsarisdi, puangtip; Chen, Wei-ti; Holzemer, William; Sanzero Eller, Lucille; Iipinge, Scholastika; Johnson, Mallory O; Portillo, Carmen; Voss, Joachim; Tyer-Viola, Lynda; Corless, Inge; Nicholas, Patrice; Dawson Rose, Carol; Phillips, J Craig; Sefcik, Elizabeth; Rivero-Mendez, Marta; Kirksey, KennThe objective of this study was to extend the psychometric evaluation of a brief version of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS). A secondary analysis of data from an international sample of 1967 English-speaking persons living with HIV disease was used to examine the factor structure, and reliability of the 12-item Brief Version Self-Compassion Inventory (BVSCI). A Maximum Likelihood factor analysis and Oblimin with Kaiser Normalization confirmed a two-factor solution, accounting for 42.58% of the variance. The BVSCI supported acceptable internal consistencies, with 0.714 for the total scale and 0.822 for Factor I and 0.774 for Factor II. Factor I (lower self-compassion) demonstrated strongly positive correlations with measures of anxiety and depression, while Factor II (high self-compassion) was inversely correlated with the measures. No significant differences were found in the BVSCI scores for gender, age, or having children. Levels of self-compassion were significantly higher in persons with HIV disease and other physical and psychological health conditions. The scale shows promise for the assessment of self-compassion in persons with HIV without taxing participants, and may prove essential in investigating future research aimed at examining correlates of self-compassion, as well as providing data for tailoring self-compassion interventions for persons with HIV.