The development of the Japanese version of the compassionate engagement and action scales
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The last few years have seen increasing research on self-report measures of compassion. The Compassionate Engagement and Action Scale (CEAS) is rooted in an evolutionary approach to compassion, which focuses on the competencies of compassion those are engagement with distress or suffering, and taking action to alleviate and prevent it. This study sought to validate the CEAS in a Japanese population using a cross-sectional design. A total of 279 students (82 males, 191 females, 6 unknown) answered self-report questionnaires, including the Japanese version of CEAS. We found single-factor structures for compassion for others scales, compassion from others scales, and compassion for self scales. All scales were found to have acceptable internal consistency, test-retest reliability, content validity, and construct validity. Even though some limitations, these results indicate that the Japanese version of CEAS is an adequately constructed and useful measure to assess compassionate engagement and action toward others, from others, and for the self with Japanese population.
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Validation of a Japanese translation supports single factor structures for all three scales.
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- Authors
- Asano, K., Kotera, Y., Tsuchiya, M., Ishimura, I., Lin, S., Matsumoto, Y., Matos, M., Basran, J., & Gilbert, P.
- Affiliations
- Mejiro University (JP)
- University of Derby (GB)
- Advantage Risk Management Co., Ltd. (Japan) (JP)
- Tokyo Seitoku University (JP)
- University of Tsukuba (JP)
- Tokushima Bunri University (JP)
- University of Coimbra (PT)
- Corresponding author
- Asano, Kenichi
- ORCID
- Venue
- PLoS ONE
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2020-04-01
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- e0230875
- ISSN
- 1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7112184
- OpenAlex
- W3014845741
- Cited by
- 32
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 1.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- University of Derby Online Research Archive. (University of Derby) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (KAKENHI 15K17289)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Keywords
- compassion, compassionate action, compassion for others, scale validation, Japanese version
- MeSH terms
- Cross-Sectional Studies, Empathy, Female, Humans, Japan, Male, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Young Adult
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