Measuring mindfulness—the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI)

By H. Walach, N. Buchheld, Valentin Buttenmüller, Norman Kleinknecht, S. Schmidt. 2006

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Preliminary outcomes of a mindfulness-based programme for Hong Kong adolescents in schools: well-being, stress and depressive symptoms (2011, methodology): “The Cronbach’s a coefficients of these scales at baseline and at post-intervention in the present study were 0.84 and 0.90 for the MAAS, 0.66 and 0.81 for FMI, 0.88 and 0.87 for SPWB, 0.96 and 0.96 for DASS, 0.68 and 0.65 for PSS respectively.”
Exploring the Psychometric Properties of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (2012, background): “Although state-like scales are essential for evaluating mindfulnessbased interventions, given that mindfulness is an intrinsic human characteristic (Kabat-Zinn 1990, 2003) with substantive within and between person variation (Baer et al. 2004; Brown and Ryan 2003; Walach et al. 2006), measures that ”
Exploring the Relationship Between Mindfulness and Cardiac Perception (2013, background): “This is a short self-report scale designed to measure mindfulness in populations with no expert knowledge of Buddhism or meditation (Walach et al. 2006).”
Development and Validation of the Japanese Version of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (2011, background): “2007) and Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI; Walach et al. 2006) both yield four factors; however, high levels of intercorrelation among the factors made both sets of authors recommend use of the total score.”
The Personalization of Conversational Agents in Health Care: Systematic Review (2019, background): “07; sm) • Questionnaires to measure health awareness [51], mindfulness (FMIg) [52], and reflection • To trigger deeper reflection, which would increase motivation, empowerment, and adoption of new behavior • Prolonged use of CA (additional two weeks) by half of the participants (16/33) with an avg (”
Brain Mechanisms Supporting Modulation of Pain by Mindfulness Meditation (2011, positive): “The FMI is a psychometrically validated instrument with high internal consistency (Cronbach 0.86) (Walach et al., 2006).”
The Role of Emotional Intelligence in the Impact of Mindfulness on Life Satisfaction and Mental Distress (2013, background): “2008) and clinical populations (e.g., Baer et al. 2004; Chadwick et al. 2008; Walach et al. 2006).”
The Assessment of Mindfulness with Self-Report Measures: Existing Scales and Open Issues (2013, methodology): “TMS (decentering) FMI (mindful presence, Walach et al. 2006; non-attachment to thoughts, Leigh et al. 2005) SMQ (decentered awareness).”
Predicting individual differences in mindfulness: The role of trait anxiety, attachment anxiety and attentional control (2009, positive): “While most theoretical conceptualisations of mindfulness highlight ‘attention’ as a core feature (Bishop et al., 2004; Brown & Ryan, 2003; Walach et al., 2006), they rarely specify which aspect of attention is implicated.”
Changes in Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation in an Exposure-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression (2008, background): “…research on whether selfreported mindfulness can change has focused on nonclinical samples of experienced meditators (Buchheld et al. 2002; Walach et al. 2006), medical patients (Brown and Ryan 2003), and heterogeneous samples of patients with medical and psychiatric disorders (Lau et al.…”
Workplace spirituality, mindfulness meditation, and work engagement (2017, background): “When achieved, mindfulness refers to a conscious awareness and attention to each moment (Baer, Smith and Allen, 2004; Brown and Ryan 2003; Kabat-Zinn 1990; Lau et al. 2006; Melbourne Mindfulness Academic Interest Group 2006; Walach et al. 2006).”
Effects of Mindfulness on Psychological Health: A Review of Empirical Studies (2011, neutral): “…Cash & Whittingham, 2010), neuroticism (Dekeyser et al., 2008; Giluk, 2009), absentmindedness (Herndon, 2008), dissociation (Baer et al., 2006; Walach et al., 2006), rumination (Raes & Williams, 2010), cognitive reactivity (Raes, Dewulf, Van Heeringen, & Williams, 2009), social anxiety (Brown…”
Teaching Self-Care to Caregivers: Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on the Mental Health of Therapists in Training (2007, background): “Walach, Buchheld, Buttenmuller, Kleinknecht, & Schmidt, 2006 ), research has begun to test these two propositions empirically.”
A Conservation of Resources Perspective on Negative Affect and Innovative Work Behaviour: the Role of Affect Activation and Mindfulness (2016, neutral): “Unlike other scales developed for use in clinical settings (e.g. Walach et al. 2006), the MAAS is designed for measuring mindfulness across a wide range of contexts—including organizations (Dane and Brummel 2013; Roche et al. 2014).”
The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version (2011, background): “Therefore, in recent years, several instruments designed to assess the nature of mindfulness have been developed, including the Toronto Mindfulness Scale (TMS, Bishop et al. 2004; Lau et al. 2006), the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS; Brown and Ryan 2003), the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory ”