The Effect of Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living Practice on Primary Dysmenorrhea

This form consists of 14 questions prepared by the researcher in accordance with the relevant literature. It includes questions about students' demographic information (age, department, class, marital status, and place of residence) and characteristics of their menstrual cycle (age of menarche, duration of bleeding and pain, etc.).

VAS is used to measure the pain perceived by a person. Between a 10 cm (100 mm) section of the scale, where one end is marked with no pain (zero) and the other end with the most severe pain (10), the individual can indicate their pain by drawing a line, placing a dot, or marking it. The distance from the point where there is no pain to the point marked by the individual is measured in centimeters, and the resulting value indicates the severity of the individual's pain. On the VAS scale, 0-44 mm indicates mild pain, 45-74 mm indicates moderate pain, and 75-100 mm indicates severe pain (Tulunay and Tulunay, 2000).

Developed by Cohen, Kamarck, and Mermelste in 1983, was used to determine the perceived stress level of the participants (Appendix-7).

The Cronbach alpha value was found to be 0.86 in the reliability study of the scale.

The adaptation of the scale into Turkish was done by Bilge, Öğce, Genç, and Oran (2007), and the Cronbach alpha value was found to be 0.82 in the reliability study.

The scale includes some situations containing the feelings and thoughts that individuals may have experienced during the past month. Individuals indicated how often they experienced each situation in the past month.

The scale, prepared with a five-point Likert type (0 never, 4 very often), has three items that are reversed (items 4, 5, 6) and five items that are direct (items 1, 2, 3, 7, 8). A total score between 0 and 32 is obtained from the scale. The scale has two subscales: perceived stress (items 1, 2, 3, 7, 8) and perceived coping (items 4, 5, 6). The scale is evaluat

The Turkish validity and reliability of the scale developed by Neff (2003) was made by Yıldırım and Sarı in 2018.

The scale was confirmed to have a structure consisting of 11 items, a single dimension and two complementary components (positive component and negative component). The internal consistency coefficient of the scale was calculated as .75. Gerber (2021) used the scale developed by Neff (2003) and a professional caregiver working in the intensive care and rehabilitation units of a hospital, and reported that self-compassion is a factor associated with reducing the level of burnout in individuals. It is recommended to be used in studies where a total score will be made to measure self-compassion.

Developed by Brown and Ryan (2003) to assess individuals' level of mindfulness. Its Turkish validity and reliability were established by Özyeşil et al. (2011). The scale is a unidimensional, six-point Likert-type scale consisting of 15 questions. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the scale was determined to be 0.80. The minimum and maximum scores individuals can obtain on the scale range from 15 to 90. Higher scores indicate a higher level of mindfulness.