Examining the factor structures of the five facet mindfulness questionnaire and the self-compassion scale

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 407-418

  Williams, Matthew J ^a   Dalgleish, Tim ^b   Karl, Anke ^a   Kuyken, Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire; Mindfulness; Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy; Mindfulness based interventions; Psychometrics; Self compassion; Self Compassion Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIE FACT MINDFULNESS QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROPROTECTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOMETRY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF COMPASSION SCALE; EMPATHY; MINDFULNESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; EMPATHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CONCEPT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84901850304     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035566     Document Type: Article

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