Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire — 15-Item Short Form
15-item short form measuring dispositional mindfulness across five facets: Observing, Describing, Acting with Awareness, Non-Judging, and Non-Reactivity.
Purpose
Self-report research instrument, reproduced here under an open license for non-diagnostic educational, research, and self-reflection use.
Details
Scientific Documentation
- Developer / Author
- Baer, R. A., Smith, G. T., Hopkins, J., Krietemeyer, J., & Toney, L. (original 39-item FFMQ); short-form psychometrics: Bohlmeijer, E., ten Klooster, P. M., Fledderus, M., Veehof, M., & Baer, R.
- Development Year
- 2006
Theoretical framework: Measures five facets of mindfulness: observing, describing, acting with awareness, non-judging of inner experience, and non-reactivity to inner experience.
Reliability: Published studies report acceptable-to-good internal consistency across facets for the short form.
Validity: Derived via factor analysis of five independently developed mindfulness questionnaires; the short form correlates strongly with the full FFMQ.
References: Baer, R. A., Smith, G. T., Hopkins, J., Krietemeyer, J., & Toney, L. (2006). Using self-report assessment methods to explore facets of mindfulness. Assessment, 13(1), 27-45. Short form: Bohlmeijer, E., ten Klooster, P. M., Fledderus, M., Veehof, M., & Baer, R. (2011). Psychometric properties of the five facet mindfulness questionnaire in depressed adults. Assessment, 18(3), 308-320.
License: CC BY 4.0. Derived from the 39-item Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (Baer et al.).
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