The Italian five facet mindfulness questionnaire: A contribution to its validity and reliability

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 415-423

  Giovannini, Caterina ^a   Giromini, Luciano ^b   Bonalume, Laura ^a   Tagini, Angela ^a   Lang, Margherita ^a   Amadei, Gherardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facets; Factor structure; Mindfulness; Questionnaire; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; FEMALE; FIVE FACET MINDFULNESS QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; ITALY; MALE; MINDFULNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

EID: 84905585416     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: 15733505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-013-9403-0     Document Type: Article

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