Publications

Please find below a list of publications linked to the SOCS.

Gu, J., Baer, R., Cavanagh, K., Kuyken, W., & Strauss, C. (2019). Development and psychometric properties of the Sussex-Oxford compassion scales (SOCS). Assessment, 27(1), 3-20.

This paper developed and validated the SOCS.

Gu, J., Cavanagh, K., Baer, R., & Strauss, C. (2017). An empirical examination of the factor structure of compassion PloS one, 12(2), e0172471.

Strauss, C., Taylor, B. L., Gu, J., Kuyken, W., Baer, R., Jones, F., & Cavanagh, K. (2016)
What is Compassion and how can we measure it? Clinical psychology review, 47, 15-27.

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• An empirical examination of the factor structure of compassion
• What is compassion and how can we measure it? A review of definitions and measures
• Development and psychometric properties of the Sussex-Oxford compassion scales (SOCS)