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Validation of the Dutch Self-Critical Rumination Scale (SCRS-NL)

Jens Allaert et al.

European Journal of Psychological Assessment2025https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000889article
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Abstract: Self-criticism and rumination are critically involved in affective disorders, with network approaches highlighting self-critical processes as central to rumination. The Self-Critical Rumination Scale (SCRS) assesses self-critical rumination, a repetitive negative thinking pattern that devalues the self, and has demonstrated good psychometric properties. This study aimed to validate a Dutch version of the SCRS (SCRS-NL) in a Belgian sample ( N = 466). Confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the one-factor structure of the original SCRS, and the SCRS-NL demonstrated internal consistency comparable to the original scale. The SCRS-NL showed moderate to large correlations with scales measuring related constructs (e.g., repetitive negative thinking, self-evaluative attitudes, fear of failure, perfectionism, symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress). Moreover, the SCRS-NL exhibited incremental validity over established rumination measures (ruminative response scale and perseverative thinking questionnaire) in predicting symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress. Finally, multi-group confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated measurement and scalar invariance between the SCRS-NL and the original English SCRS, confirming the SCRS-NL’s cross-cultural applicability and validity in assessing self-critical rumination.

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@article{jens2025,
  title        = {{Validation of the Dutch Self-Critical Rumination Scale (SCRS-NL)}},
  author       = {Jens Allaert et al.},
  journal      = {European Journal of Psychological Assessment},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000889},
}

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