Psychometric properties of the Spanish validation of the Five Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ)

Abstract

-Background and Objectives: Mindfulness-based therapies have demonstrated effectiveness in many clinical contexts. Various therapies that train mindfulness skills have proliferated in recent years. There is increasing interest in mindfulness-based therapies and in incorporating instruments that measure mindfulness in order to understand its role in clinical and basic research. The Five Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) is a questionnaire for measuring mindfulness; it was derived from a factor analysis of five different questionnaires that measure a trait-like general tendency to be mindful in daily life. The objective of this study is to validate the FFMQ in a Spanish sample.Methods: The FFMQ was administered to a sample of 462 subjects ranging from 18 to 63 years (X = 27.9; SD = 9.75). The sample was composed by clinical (n = 146) and nonclinical (n = 226) subsamples.Results: The internal reliability of the scales ranged from acceptable to very good. Convergent analysis was conducted by computing Pearson's correlations, showing high correlations. The factorial structure is the same as that proposed by Baer et al.Conclusions: The FFMQ proved to be an effective instrument for measuring mindfulness in clinical and non-clinical Spanish samples.

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“…Spanish version of Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ; Cebolla et al, 2012) is an instrument based on five independently developed mindfulness questionnaires and consists of five subscales: observing, describing, acting with awareness, non-judging of inner experience,…”

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“…To measure dispositional mindfulness, the Five Facet Mindfulness questionnaire was used (FFMQ; Aguado et al, 2015;Baer et al, 2006;Cebolla et al, 2012). It is a 39-item questionnaire that assesses five different facets of mindfulness: Observing, which refers to the subject's capacity to pay attention to internal and external experiences such as sensations, thoughts, or emotions; Describing, which measures the ability to describe events and personal responses in words; Acting with awareness, which includes focusing on the activity being carried out instead of behaving automatically; Non-judging of inner experience, which refers to the ability to take a non-evaluative stance toward thoughts and feelings; Non-reactivity to inner experience, allowing thoughts and feelings to come and go without getting caught up in them or carried away by them (Baer et al, 2008).…”