Barriers to Professional Self-Care Scale (BPS-CS)

Description

The Barriers to Professional Self-Care Scale (BPS-CS; Rodríguez-Ramos, Aguilera-Ávila, & Gonzalez-Mendez, 2025) was developed to assess barriers to self-care among social workers from Spain. Developed for Spanish-speaking professionals with the goal of later translating and testing it among nonnative speakers, 40 items were initially generated based on a review of the literature and a qualitative study with social workers who acted as providers of essential social services (Rodrıguez-Ramos et al., in press). Validation of the scale was conducted using a sample of social workers. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses identified a final four-factor structure (i.e., lack of information, self-care is unprofessional, self-care is not a priority, noninvolvement of organizations) with 17 items. Results concerning the reliability and validity were reported.

Purpose

The BPS-CS can be used to measure different barriers that hinder professional self-care among social workers.

Validity

Construct Validity: Construct validity can be observed in the negative association between self-care practices and the belief that self-care is unprofessional. However, the results indicate that not all barriers are associated with the same negative consequences.

Reliability

Internal Consistency: The Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for the factors ranged from .92 (lack of information) to .96 (self-care is unprofessional).

Factor Analysis

Exploratory Factor Analysis: An EFA identified in initial four-factor structure with 26 items. Confirmatory Factor Analysis: An initial CFA did not show a good fit because RMSEA was > .06 and CFI was < .95. Modification indices were used until the model fit with 17 items was χ2(106) = 185.09, RMSEA = .048, SRMR = .043, and CFI = .99. The 17 items had loadings on the expected factors over .30 (p < .001).

Test Methodology

Test Validity; Construct Validity; Test Reliability; Internal Consistency; Factor Analysis; Confirmatory Factor Analysis; Exploratory Factor Analysis.

Population Details

Location: Spain
Respondents: Social Workers (Age 22 to 55 Years)

Age Group

Adulthood (18 yrs & older); Young Adulthood (18-29 yrs); Thirties (30-39 yrs); Middle Age (40-64 yrs)

Population Group

Human; Male; Female

Test Type

Original

Instrument Type

Inventory/Questionnaire

Format

Response options ranged from 1 = not very important to 5 = very important.

Language Available

Spanish

Keywords

Lack of Information; Noninvolved Organizations; Self-Care Barriers; Self-Care Is Not a Priority; Self-Care Is Unprofessional; Social Workers; Employee Attitudes; Social Workers; Work (Attitudes Toward); Self-Care; Employee Well Being; Workplace Environment; Workplace Health and Well Being Measures

Test Year

2025

Author

Rodríguez-Ramos, Paulo Adrián; Aguilera-Ávila, Laura; Gonzalez-Mendez, Rosaura

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Affiliation

Rodríguez-Ramos, Paulo AdriánUniversidad de La Laguna, Ciencias de la Comunicación y Trabajo Social
Aguilera-Ávila, LauraUniversidad de La Laguna, Ciencias de la Comunicación y Trabajo Social
Gonzalez-Mendez, RosauraUniversidad de La Laguna, Ciencias de la Comunicación y Trabajo Social

Email

Gonzalez-Mendez, [email protected]

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Fee

No

Correspondence Address

Gonzalez-Mendez, Rosaura: Universidad de La Laguna, Psicología Cognitiva, Social y Organizacional, Facultad de Psicología y Logopedia, Campus de Guajara, San Cristobal de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, 38205, [email protected]

reference’s

Rodríguez-Ramos, P. A., Aguilera-Ávila, L., & Gonzalez-Mendez, R. (2025). Development and validation of the Barriers to Professional Self-Care Scale (BPS-CS). Social Work, 70(1), 69–79. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swae052

items of the Barriers to Professional Self-Care Scale (BPS-CS)

Administration Method: Electronic
Number of items: This is a 17-item measure.
Factors and Subscales: Factors: Lack of information; Self-care in unprofessional; Self-care is not a priority; Noninvolved organizations.