Item Response Theory Analysis of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire and its Short Forms.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) is a self-report measure of mindfulness with forms of several different lengths, including the FFMQ-39, FFMQ-24, and FFMQ-15. We use item response theory analysis to directly compare the functioning of these three forms.

Methods

Data were drawn from a non-clinical Amazon Mechanical Turk study (N = 522) and studies of aftercare treatment of individuals with substance use disorders (combined N = 454). The item and test functioning of the three FFMQ forms were studied and compared.

Results

All 39 items were strongly related to the facet latent variables, and the items discriminated over a similar range of the latent mindfulness constructs. Items provided more information in the low to medium range o

SUBMITTER: Pelham WE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6823990 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature