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Revisiting the five-facet structure of mindfulness

Karl, Johannes Alfons orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-5166-0728 and Fischer, Ronald orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-3055-3955 (2020) Revisiting the five-facet structure of mindfulness. Measurement Instruments for the Social Sciences, 2 (1). ISSN 2523-8930

Abstract
The current study aimed to replicate the development of the Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) in a sample of 399 undergraduate students. We factor analyzed the Mindful Attention and Awareness Questionnaire (MAAS), the Freiburg Mindfulness Scale, the Southampton Mindfulness Questionnaire (SMQ), the Cognitive Affective Mindfulness Scale Revised (CAMS-R), and the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills (KIMS), but also extended the analysis by including a conceptually related measure, the Philadelphia Mindfulness Scale (PHLMS), and a conceptually unrelated measure, the Langer Mindfulness Scale (LMS). Overall, we found a partial replication of the five-factor structure, with the exception of non-reacting and non-judging which formed a single factor. The PHLMS items loaded as expected with theoretically related factors, whereas the LMS items emerged as separate factor. Finally, we found a new factor that was mostly defined by negatively worded items indicating possible item wording artifacts within the FFMQ. Our conceptual validation study indicates that some facets of the FFMQ can be recovered, but item wording factors may threaten the stability of these facets. Additionally, measures such as the LMS appear to measure not only theoretically, but also empirically different constructs.
Metadata
Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Additional Information:Article number: 7
Subjects:Medical Sciences > Psychology
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Psychology
Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Official URL:https://doi.org/10.1186%2Fs42409-020-00014-3
Copyright Information:© 2020 The Authors. Open Access (CC-BY 4.0)
ID Code:27426
Deposited On:27 Jul 2022 14:36 by Johannes Karl . Last Modified 27 Jul 2022 14:36
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