Assessment of mindfulness by self-report: The Kentucky inventory of mindfulness skills

Assessment

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 191-206

  Baer, Ruth A ^a   Smith, Gregory T ^a   Allen, Kristin B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Comprehensive Care Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory development; Mindfulness; Psychometric characteristics; Self report assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ATTITUDE; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 16544368923     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191104268029     Document Type: Article

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