Psychometric Properties of the Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) in a Meditating and a Non-meditating Sample

Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-197

  de Bruin, Esther I ^a   Topper, Maurice ^a   Muskens, Jan G A M ^b   Bögels, Susan M ^a   Kamphuis, Jan H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Private Psychotherapy Practice ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

construct validity; FFMQ; internal consistency; meditation; mindfulness; psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL STRESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861798508     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191112446654     Document Type: Article

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