Assessment of Mindfulness by Self-Report: The Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills

Autor/inn/en	Baer, Ruth A.; Smith, Gregory T.; Allen, Kristin B.
Titel	Assessment of Mindfulness by Self-Report: The Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills
Quelle	In: Assessment, 11 (2004) 3, S.191-206 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1073-1911
DOI	10.1177/1073191104268029
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Psychometrics; Personality; Personality Problems; Factor Structure; Emotional Intelligence; Test Reliability; Patients; Metacognition + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychometry; Psychometrie; Personalität; Faktorenstruktur; Emotionale Intelligenz; Testreliabilität; Patient; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition
Abstract	A self-report inventory for the assessment of mindfulness skills was developed, and its psychometric characteristics and relationships with other constructs were examined. Participants included three samples of undergraduate students and a sample of outpatients with borderline personality disorder. Based on discussions of mindfulness in the current literature, four mindfulness skills were specified: observing, describing, acting with awareness, and accepting without judgment. Scales designed to measure each skill were developed and evaluated. Results showed good internal consistency and test-retest reliability and a clear factor structure. Most expected relationships with other constructs were significant. Findings suggest that mindfulness skills are differentially related to aspects of personality and mental health, including neuroticism, psychological symptoms, emotional intelligence, alexithymia, experiential avoidance, dissociation, and absorption. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10