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Comprehensive Inventory of Mindfulness Experiences (CHIME)

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Key features Measures trait mindfulness in adults Primarily validated in German Currently only prelimiary validations exist in English 37 items Includes 8 sub-scales: (1) awareness of internal experiences, (2) awareness of external experiences, (3) acting with awareness, (4) accepting with nonjudgmental attitude, (5) nonreactive decentering, (6) openness to experience, (7) awareness of thoughts’ relativity, and […]
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Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM)

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Key features Measures trait mindfulness in children and adolescents 10 items Single-factor structure Conceptually based on the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills All items are worded “negatively”, i.e. endorsing them is assumed to reflect low levels of mindfulness Description The questionnaire assesses mindfulness skills in children and adolescents from the age of 9 years upwards. […]
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Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills (KIMS)

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Key features Measures trait mindfulness 39 items Includes four facets or sub-scales: observe, describe, act with awareness, and accept without judgement A mix of positively and negatively worded items (some reverse-scoring required) Developed by Ruth Baer (University of Kentucky), who subsequently developed the FFMQ, which more or less fully replaced the KIMS Because largely replaced […]
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Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ)

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  Description The FFMQ is the most widely used trait mindfulness questionnaire, arguably because it conceptualises mindfulness in terms of several components or facets. Its five-facet structure emerged from research that pooled five independently developed mindfulness questionnaires. Hundreds of responses were analysed statistically (using Factor Analysis) to determine which items cluster together. This analysis was […]
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State Mindfulness Scale (SMS)

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Key features Measures state mindfulness 21 items 2 sub-scales: mindfulness of bodily sensations (6 items); mindfulness of mental events (15 items) Sub-scales can be considered separately or a total mindfulness score can be calculated All items are positively worded High scores reflect high levels of state mindfulness Description The scale aims to quantify subjective levels […]
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Applied Mindfulness Process Scale (AMPS)

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Key features measures the use of mindfulness (i.e. as a process) 15 items 3 factors: decentering, positive emotion regulation, negative emotion regulation Can be used to measure each factor separately or as a total mindfulness process score Assesses how mindfulness practitioners use mindfulness practices in everyday life Description The AMPS is different to all other […]
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Mindfulness Questionnaires

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At least 29 questionnaires are available for assessing different aspects of mindfulness. Most of them aim to measure dispositional mindfulness (or trait mindfulness), some assess state mindfulness, and yet others try to capture how well mindfulness programmes are delivered by facilitators or trainers. Here we offer a comprehensive overview of the main and more niche […]
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