The Meaning of Mindfulness in Children and Adolescents: Further Validation of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM) in Two Independent Samples from The Netherlands

Mindfulness

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 422-430

  de Bruin, Esther I ^a   Zijlstra, Bonne J H ^a   Bögels, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CAMM; Factor structure; Internal consistency; Mindful Kids training; Mindfulness; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904118551     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-013-0196-8     Document Type: Article

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