Key references:
Hwang, J. Y., Plante, T., & Lackey, K. (2008). The development of the santa clara brief compassion scale: An abbreviation of sprecher and fehr’s compassionate love scale. Pastoral Psychology, 56, 421–428
Primary use / Purpose:
The Santa Clare Brief Compassion Scale is a brief index that assesses compassion and its link to prosocial behaviors. An example from a 'compassion for humanity' item include “”When I hear about someone (a stranger) going through a difficult time, I feel a great deal of compassion for him or her.” Responses are given on a 7-point scale from “Not at all true for me” to “Very true for me.”
Background:
The Santa Clara Brief Compassion Scale (SCBCS) is a five item version of Sprecher and Fehr's (2005) 21-item Compassionate Love Scale for Humanity (CLS). The correlation between the original and the brief version of this scale is .96.
Psychometrics:
Psychometric properties of the SCBCS are presented in Hwang, Plante and Lackey (2008).
