Perceived Compassion Scale: A Scale Development Study

Objective: The study aimed to develop a valid and reliable scale to measure perceived compassion.

Methods: This scale development study included 249 participants recruited via the simple random sampling method. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 29.0 software (IBM Corp.; Armonk, NY, USA) was used to analyze the data. Validity and reliability analyses were used in the development process of the scale. Within the scope of validity, first, content validity was conducted with expert opinions and Davis Technique. Ateşman Turkish readability of the scale was determined, and the construct validity was analyzed by Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) coefficient, Bartlett’s sphericity test, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Within the scope of reliability analyses, internal consistency analyses were conducted by performing Cronbach’s α reliability coefficient and item–total statistics.

Results: As a result of the analysis, the KMO value of the Perceived Compassion Scale developed was 0.930, and the Bartlett test statistic was 4511.754, P < .001. It was found that the 3-factor scale explained 61.68% of the total variance. Seven items were deleted from the scale since they overlapped, and Cronbach’s α value of the scale was found to be 0.95. The reliability coefficients of the scale, which consisted of a total of 22 items in 3 sub-dimensions, were determined to be 0.91 in the trust sub-dimension, 0.89 in the affection sub-dimension, and 0.87 in the kindness sub-dimension.

Conclusion: It was determined that the scale is a valid and reliable tool for measuring perceived compassion.

Cite this article as: Metin A, Karakurt N, Erden Y, Nacak UA. Perceived compassion scale: a scale development study. Arch Health Sci Res. 2025; 12, 0102, doi:10.5152/ArcHealthSciRes.2025.24102.