Differential item functioning on the five facet mindfulness questionnaire is minimal in demographically matched meditators and nonmeditators

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Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-10

  Baer, Ruth A ^a   Samuel, Douglas B ^b   Lykins, Emily L B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

differential item functioning; Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire; mindfulness meditation; reverse scored items

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; THINKING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THINKING;

EID: 79551630292     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191110392498     Document Type: Article

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