Self-Kindness Subscale 

1.I try to be understanding and patient towards those aspects of my personality I don’t like. 

2.I’m kind to myself when I’m experiencing suffering. 

3.When I’m going through a very hard time, I give myself the caring and tenderness I need. 

4.I’m tolerant of my own flaws and inadequacies. 

5.I try to be loving towards myself when I’m feeling emotional pain. 

Self-Judgment Subscale 

6.When I see aspects of myself that I don’t like, I get down on myself.

7.When times are really difficult, I tend to be tough on myself. 

8.I can be a bit cold-hearted towards myself when I’m experiencing suffering. 

9.I’m disapproving and judgmental about my own flaws and inadequacies. 

10.I’m intolerant and impatient towards those aspects of my personality I don’t like.

Common Humanity Subscale  

11.When I feel inadequate in some way, I try to remind myself that feelings of inadequacy are shared by most people.

12.I try to see my failings as part of the human condition 

13.When I’m down and out, I remind myself that there are lots of other people in the world feeling like I am. 

14. When things are going badly for me, I see the difficulties as part of life that everyone goes through. 

Isolation Subscale 

15.When I fail at something that’s important to me I tend to feel alone in my failure.

16.When I think about my inadequacies it tends to make me feel more separate and cut off from the rest of the world. 

17.When I’m feeling down I tend to feel like most other people are probably happier than I am.

18.When I’m really struggling I tend to feel like other people must be having an easier time of it.

Mindfulness Subscale 

19.When something upsets me I try to keep my emotions in balance.

20.When I’m feeling down I try to approach my feelings with curiosity and openness.

21.When something painful happens I try to take a balanced view of the situation. 

22.When I fail at something important to me I try to keep things in perspective. 

Over-Identification Subscale 

23.When something upsets me I get carried away with my feelings. 

24.When I’m feeling down I tend to obsess and fixate on everything that’s wrong.

25.When something painful happens I tend to blow the incident out of proportion. 

26.When I fail at something important to me I become consumed by feelings of inadequacy