A short version of the Kentucky inventory of mindfulness skills

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 639-645

  Höfling, Volkmar ^a   Ströhle, Gunnar ^b   Michalak, Johannes ^c   Heidenreich, Thomas ^d  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Psychosomatic and Behavior Medicine Bad Gottleuba   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d ESSLINGEN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment; Confirmatory factor analysis; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF EFFICACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953891361     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20778     Document Type: Article

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