Forms of Self-Criticizing and Self-Reassuring Scale

Adaptation and Validation in a Sample of Portuguese Children

Abstract

Self-criticism may be understood as a harmful self-evaluation that implies feelings of uselessness and guilt towards perceptions of failure. Goals: to explore the latent structure and other psychometric properties of the Forms of Self-Criticizing and Reassuring Scale for Children (FSCRS -C) of the Portuguese population. Method: the FSCRS-C was administered to 249 Azorean children. Results: a two-dimensional model was confirmed including the Self-criticism and Self-reassuring subscale, which presented good internal consistency. The FSCRS -C presented good divergent and convergent validity. Conclusion: the adapted version for children provides a robust measure to be used in studies aiming at the study of the development of this construct.