Creation, Development and Content Validation of the Self-Compassion Card Game: A Non-Exclusive Therapeutic Resource

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https://doi.org/10.14295/idonline.v20i82.4460

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Self-compassion;, Content validity;, Therapeutic resource; ., Psychological instrument, Mental health

Abstract

This study describes the creation and content validation of the Self-Compassion Card Game, a non-exclusive therapeutic resource grounded in Kristin Neff's theory. Methodological, quantitative research organized in two phases: (1) evaluation of 60 items by seven expert judges, calculating the Content Validity Index (CVI) and Content Validity Ratio (CVR); and (2) a semantic validity pilot study with 164 participants from a mental health outpatient clinic in Vitória da Conquista, Bahia. The S-CVI was 0.95 and the mean CVR was 0.71, both above the adopted cutoffs. Thirteen items were revised, mainly concentrated in the Common Humanity versus Isolation axis. The instrument showed satisfactory content validity evidence as a non-diagnostic auxiliary tool.

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Ricardo Lima dos Santos, Faculdade Independente do Nordeste (FAINOR), Vitória da Conquista – Bahia, Brasil.

Doutor em Agronomia, com Ênfase em Genética e Estatística pela Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Acadêmico de Psicologia da Faculdade Independente do Nordeste (FAINOR), Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brasil. 

Ariana Alves Magalhães, Centro Universitário Maurício de Nassau (Uninassau), Bahia, Brasil.

Bacharela em Comunicação Social/Relações Públicas pela Universidade Estadual da Bahia  (UNEB), Acadêmica de Psicologia. Faculdade Independente do Nordeste (FAINOR). 

Daniel Alves Sampaio, Faculdade Independente do Nordeste (FAINOR), Vitória da Conquista – Bahia, Brasil.

Acadêmico de Psicologia. Faculdade Independente do Nordeste (FAINOR), Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brasil.

Angélica Barroso de Oliveria Rosa, Faculdade Independente do Nordeste (FAINOR), Vitória da Conquista – Bahia – Brasil.

Psicóloga com Mestrado em Memória: Linguagem e Sociedade, pela Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB), Brasil. Docente da Faculdade Independente do Nordeste (FAINOR). 

 

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2026-07-31

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Santos, R. L. dos, Magalhães, A. A., Sampaio, D. A., & Rosa, A. B. de O. (2026). Creation, Development and Content Validation of the Self-Compassion Card Game: A Non-Exclusive Therapeutic Resource. ID on Line. Revista De Psicologia, 20(82), 422–442. https://doi.org/10.14295/idonline.v20i82.4460

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