Investigating the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ): Construction of a Short Form and Evidence of a Two-Factor Higher Order Structure of Mindfulness

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 951-965

  Tran, Ulrich S ^a   Glück, Tobias M ^a   Nader, Ingo W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Community sample; Factor structure; FFMQ; Mindfulness; Short form; Student sample

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; EQUIPMENT; FACTOR STRUCTURE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FFMQ; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHORT FORM; STANDARD; STUDENT SAMPLE; YOUNG ADULT;

COMMUNITY SAMPLE; FACTOR STRUCTURE; FFMQ; MINDFULNESS; SHORT FORM; STUDENT SAMPLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880700783     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.21996     Document Type: Article

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