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The 5 best mindfulness questionnaires

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Mindfulness questionnaires belong to the standard toolbox of most meditation and mindfulness researchers. Scientists can choose from more than 20 different questionnaires and thousands of studies that used such questionnaires have been published. Here I offer my choice of the five best trait mindfulness questionnaires, underpinned by criteria for ranking them in this way. Before going into the details, here my list of the five best mindfulness questionnaires: My five best mindfulness questionnairesQuestionnaireNo of QuestionsNo of FactorsSample Items1FFMQ-SF245Usually when I... Read more
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From state to trait mindfulness

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A recently published study suggests that increasing the ability to be mindful in daily life through mindfulness practice depends on how mindful participants experience to be during their practice. A neat study carried out at the University of North Carolina investigated a hypothesis that is part and parcel of mindfulness-based interventions: When people engage in a mindfulness-based training programme it is assumed that their immediate experience of being mindful – so-called state mindfulness – increases. Furthermore, it is assumed that the... Read more

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Balanced Inventory of Mindfulness-Related Skills (BIMS)

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  Description The authors of the BIMS introduce a refined version of the most widely used mindfulness questionnaire, the Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ). This refinement mitigates an important issue with the FFMQ, the so-called method effect. In brief, it concerns the way how questionnaire items are phrased, and how participants can respond.Please check out the […] Our knowledge base is for members only. To access this entry, either log in to your membership account or sign up for one of... Read more
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Mindfulness in Teaching Scale (MTS)

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  Description The scale was developed as a means for assessing teacher mindfulness as it manifests during teaching activities. It captures to key aspects: The intrapersonal subscale relates to the present-centred awareness of a teacher while in teaching action. The interpersonal mindfulness subscale captures an open, accepting, and receptive attitude of mindfulness. However, while in […] Our knowledge base is for members only. To access this entry, either log in to your membership account or sign up for one of... Read more
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Interpersonal Mindfulness Scale (IMS)

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The Interpersonal Mindfulness Scale is a validated, 27-item questionnaire with four sub-scales. It measures trait mindfulness in social or interpersonal contexts.   Description It is widely assumed that mindfulness is not only beneficial for intrapersonal wellbeing but can also improve our relationships, for example by listening mindfully and thus understanding better, or by not jumping […] Our knowledge base is for members only. To access this entry, either log in to your membership account or sign up for one of... Read more
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Southampton Mindfulness Questionnaire (SMQ)

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  Description This questionnaire was developed by Paul Chadwick and co-workers, who are particularly interested in establishing how mindfulness can help psychiatric patients. The SMQ thus aims to incorporate four aspects that contrast high vs low mindfulness in one’s approaches to distressing thoughts: clear awareness of what is present versus being lost in reacting to […] Our knowledge base is for members only. To access this entry, either log in to your membership account or sign up for one of... Read more
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Philadelphia Mindfulness Scale (PHLMS)

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  Description The PHLMS is one of several questionnaires that measures the core constructs of mindfulness as defined by Bishop et al. (2004). In the words of the questionnaire developers mindfulness is: the tendency to be highly aware of one’s internal and external experiences in the context of an accepting, nonjudgmental stance toward those experiences. […] Our knowledge base is for members only. To access this entry, either log in to your membership account or sign up for one of... Read more
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Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)

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  Description The MAAS is one of the most frequently used trait mindfulness questionnaires in psychological research. For many, its popularity and brevity (15 items) made it the questionnaire of choice in comparison to longer, multi-faceted questionnaires, such as the KIMS or the FFMQ, both with 39 items each. In line with its popularity, the […] Our knowledge base is for members only. To access this entry, either log in to your membership account or sign up for one of... Read more
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Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale – Revised (CAMS-R)

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    Description The CAMS-R is one of several questionnaires that aim to measure trait or dispositional mindfulness relying on the key definition offered by Kabat-Zinn (2003) and specified by Bishop et al. (2004). It was developed out of the original 18-item version of the CAMS. But as this original version had unconvincing properties, also […] Our knowledge base is for members only. To access this entry, either log in to your membership account or sign up for one of... Read more
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Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI)

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  Description First published in 2001, the FMI is one of the best-established mindfulness questionnaires. The FMI was developed to assess mindfulness by integrating Buddhist and secular conceptualisations. Originally, it was designed as 30 item version, but only its shorter 14 item version caught on and became widely used. It is generally considered that the […] Our knowledge base is for members only. To access this entry, either log in to your membership account or sign up for one of... Read more

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