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. 2019 Jul 29;27(1):3–20. doi: 10.1177/1073191119860911

Table 4.

Correlation Coefficients Between Total Scores on the SOCS-O and SOCS-S and Other Constructs in Both Health Care Staff (Nonitalicized values) and Student (Values in Italics) Validation Samples (Stages 3 and 4).

FFMQ-15a SCBCS SCS-12 IRI-EC IRI-PD IRI-PT SWEMWBS DASS-S DASS-A DASS-D MBI-HSS EEb MBI-HSS Db MBI-HSS PAb
SOCS-O .26*** .65*** .18*** .64*** −.16*** .54*** .24*** −.07* −.03 −.07* −.10 −.24* .29**
.19*** .59*** .14** .59*** −.15** .40*** .25*** −.05 −.05 −.18**
 Recognising suffering .21*** .47*** .15*** .46*** −.18*** .40*** .22*** −.04 .01 −.05 −.07 −.16 .23*
.11* .36*** .04 .29*** −.17** .22*** .14** .09 .09 −.03
 Understanding the universality of suffering .20*** .35*** .13*** .38*** −.08** .35*** .19*** −.04 −.09** −.06* −.03 −.28** .16
.22*** .22*** .20*** .33*** −.10* .23*** .30*** −.18*** −.19*** −.29***
 Feeling for the person suffering .19*** .67*** .12*** .69*** −.07* .50*** .17*** −.04 −.01 −.06 −.09 −.20* .23*
.07 .67*** .04 .65*** .06 .37*** .12* .06 .05 −.03
 Tolerating uncomfortable feelings .29*** .57*** .23*** .53*** −.24*** .52*** .27*** −.13*** −.08** −.12*** −.20* −.19* .35***
.24*** .38*** .18*** .41*** −.27*** .36*** .23*** −.18*** −.17** −.22***
 Acting or motivation to act to alleviate suffering .16*** .59*** .09** .57*** −.13*** .44*** .16*** −.01 .04 −.01 −.04 −.16 .25**
.07 .58*** .04 .52*** −.09 .35*** .12* .05 .03 −.10
SOCS-S .55*** .23*** .65*** .23*** −.24*** .38*** .57*** −.43*** −.36*** −.45*** −.34*** −.36*** .31**
.57*** .11* .63*** .22*** −.29*** .29*** .54*** −.39*** −.39*** −.49***
 Recognising suffering .31*** .22*** .30*** .23*** −.11*** .24*** .31*** −.20*** −.15*** −.18*** −.16 −.23* .24**
.21*** .07 .07 .19*** −.04 .12* .24*** −.08 −.11* −.19***
 Understanding the universality of suffering .23*** .29*** .21*** .32*** −.10** .34*** .25*** −.12*** −.19*** −.15*** −.11 −.22* .17
.20*** .14** .22*** .34*** −.09 .27*** .26*** −.25*** −.17** −.29***
 Feeling for the person suffering .50*** .15*** .66*** .14*** −.19*** .31*** .53*** −.41*** −.32*** −.44*** −.27** −.26** .25* *
.52*** .11* .63*** .13** −.26*** .23*** .48*** −.33*** −.34*** −.43***
 Tolerating uncomfortable feelings .59*** .16*** .70*** .12*** −.35*** .31*** .59*** −.50*** −.41*** −.51*** −.40*** −.38*** .28**
.63*** .05 .71*** .04 −.38*** .22*** .53*** −.46*** −.46*** −.46***
 Acting or motivation to act to alleviate suffering .50*** .12*** .63*** .13*** −.19*** .27*** .54*** −.42*** −.32*** −.45*** −.35*** −.32** .28**
.51*** .06 .60*** .12* −.27*** .20*** .44*** −.30*** −.32*** −.39***

Note. DASS-A = Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (anxiety subscale); DASS-D = Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (depression subscale); DASS-S = Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (stress subscale); FFMQ = Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire; IRI-EC = interpersonal reactivity index (empathic concern subscale); IRI-PD = interpersonal reactivity index (personal distress subscale); IRI-PT = interpersonal reactivity index (perspective taking subscale); MBI-HSS D = Maslach Burnout Inventory–Human Services Survey (depersonalization subscale); MBI-HSS EE = Maslach Burnout Inventory–Human Services Survey (emotional exhaustion subscale); MBI-HSS PA = Maslach Burnout Inventory–Human Services Survey (personal accomplishment subscale); SCBCS = Santa Clara Brief Compassion Scale; SCS-12 = 12-item Self-Compassion Scale; SOCS-O = Sussex-Oxford Compassion for Others Scale; SOCS-S = Sussex-Oxford Compassion for the Self Scale; SWEMWBS = Short Warwick–Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale. Nonitalicized values are correlations from the sample of 1,319 health care staff (Stage 3). Values in italics are correlations from the sample of 371 students (Stage 4).

a

Items from the observing subscale were excluded from the total FFMQ-15 score. bThe MBI-HSS was administered to a subset of the Stage 3 health care staff sample (n = 115). Students (Stage 4) did not complete this measure.

*

p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.