Psychometric properties of the Spanish validation of the Five Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ)

By Ausias Cebolla, Azucena García-Palacios, J. Soler, V. Guillén, Rosa María Baños, Cristina Botella. 2012

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Background and Objectives: Mindfulness-based therapies have demonstrat- ed effectiveness in many clinical contexts. Various therapies that train mindfulness skills have proliferated in recent years. There is increasing interest in mindfulness-based thera- pies and in incorporating instruments that measure mindfulness in order to understand its role in clinical and basic research. The Five Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) is a questionnaire for measuring mindfulness; it was derived from a factor analysis of five different questionnaires that measure a trait-like general tendency to be mindful in daily life. The objective of this study is to validate the FFMQ in a Spanish sample. Methods: The FFMQ was administered to a sample of 462 subjects ranging from 18 to 63 years (X = 27.9; SD = 9.75). The sample was composed by clinical (n = 146) and non- clinical (n = 226) subsamples. Results: The internal reliability of the scales ranged from acceptable to very good. Con- vergent analysis was conducted by computing Pearson's correlations, showing high corre- lations. The factorial structure is the same as that proposed by Baer et al. Conclusions: The FFMQ proved to be an effective instrument for measuring mindful- ness in clinical and non-clinical Spanish samples.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health

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