Validity Evidence of the Brazilian Version of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ)
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Mindfulness,, Brazil, FFMQAbstract
In order to assess the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the FFMQ, 395 participants divided into smokers, people from the general population, college students, and meditators answered the FFMQ and the Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWBS). An Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was conducted and the reliability was assessed. The FFMQ-BR consists of seven factors and all of them showed good internal consistency. Evidence of the construct and criterion validity was obtained by a significant correlation between the FFMQ-BR scores and well-being and by a significant difference between the scores of the meditators and the other participants on the FFMQ-BR. This study may help in providing subsidies to the progress of research in the topic by examining the empirical relationships between Mindfulness and mental health.
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relapse prevention for alcohol and substance use
disorders. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 19, 211-228.
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20, 153-164. doi:10.1590/S0102-37722004000200008
Baer, R. A. (2011). Measuring Mindfulness. Contemporary
Buddhism, 12, 241-261. doi: 10.1080/14639947.2011.564842
Baer, R. A., Smith, G. T., & Allen, K. B. (2004). Assessment of
mindfulness by report. The Kentucky inventory of mindfulness
skills. Assessment, 11(3), 191-206.
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.
Baer, R. A., Smith, G. T., Lykins, E., Button, D., Krietemeyer,
J., Sauer, S., . . . Williams, J. M. (2008). Construct validity
of the five facet Mindfulness Questionnaire in Meditating
and Nonmeditating Samples. Assessment, 15, 329-342. doi:
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Awareness: A study with color afterimages. Consciousness and
Cognition, 18(4), 1039-1048.
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Orthopaedic Surgeons Institute for Work & Health.
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mindfulness in insight meditation (vipassana) and meditationbased
psychotherapy: The Development of the Freiburg
Mindfulness Inventory (FMI). Journal for Meditation and
Meditation Research, 1(1), 11-34.
Carlson, L. E., Speca, M., Patel, K. D., & Goodey, E.
(2004). Mindfulness-based stress reduction in relation
to quality of life, mood, symptoms of stress and levels
of cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS)
and melatonin in breast and prostate cancer outpatients.
Psychoneuroendocrinology, 29(4), 448-474.
Carmo, J. T. d., & Pueyo, A. A. (2002). A adaptação ao português do
Fagerström test for nicotine dependence (FTND) para avaliar
a dependência e tolerância à nicotina em fumantes brasileiros.
RBM: Revista Brasileira de Medicina, 58(1/2), 73-80.
Cebolla, A., García-Palacios, A., Soler, J., Guillen, V., Baños, R.,
& Botella, C. (2012). Psychometric properties of the Spanish
validation of the Five Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire
(FFMQ). European Journal of Psychiatry, 26, 118-126. doi:
10.4321/S0213-61632012000200005
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neurobiological and clinical features of mindfulness
meditations. Psychological Medicine, 40, 1239-1252. doi:
10.1017/S0033291709991747
Chiesa, A., & Serretti, A. (2014). Are Mindfulness-Based
Interventions Effective for Substance Use Disorders? A
Systematic Review of the Evidence. Substance Use & Misuse.
Advance online publication. doi:10.3109/10826084.2013.7
70027
Christopher, M. S., Neuser, N. J., Michael, P. G., & Baitmangalkar,
A. (2012). Exploring the Psychometric Properties of the Five
Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire. Mindfulness, 3, 124-131.
doi: 10.1007/s12671-011-0086-x
Didonna, F. (2009). Clinical Handbook of Mindfulness. New York,
NY: Springer.
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W. O’Donohue, J. E. Fisher, & S. C. Hayes (Eds.), Empirically
Supported Techniques of Cognitive Behavior Therapy: A stepby-
step Guide for Clinicians (pp. 229-237). New York, NY:
John Wiley.
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The Five Factor Mindfulness Questionnaire in Norway.
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 54, 250-260. doi:
10.1111/sjop.12044
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N. Y., Patterson, R., … & Cramer-Bornemann, M. (2011).
Mindfulness-based stress reduction versus pharmacotherapy
for chronic primary insomnia: a randomized controlled
clinical trial. Explore (NY), 7, 76-87. doi: 10.1016/j.
explore.2010.12.003
Hair, J. F., Anderson, R. E., Thatan, R. L. & Black, W. C. (2005).
Análise Multivariada de Dados (A. S. Sant’Anna & A. Chaves
Neto, Trads., 5ª ed.). Porto Alegre, RS: Artmed, 2005.
Hölzel, B. K., Lazar, S. W., Gard, T., Schuman-Olivier, Z., Vago,
D. R., & Ott, U. (2011). How does mindfulness work?
Proposing mechanisms of action from a conceptual and neural
perspective. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6, 537-
559. doi: 10.1177/1745691611419671
Hou, J., Wong, S. Y., Lo, H. H., Mak, W. W., & Ma, H. S.
(2013). Validation of a Chinese Version of the Five Facet
Mindfulness Questionnaire in Hong Kong and Development
of a Short Form. Assessment. Advance online publication. doi:
10.1177/1073191113485121
Kabat-Zinn, J. (1990). Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom
of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness. New
York, NY: Delta.
Keng, S. L., Smoski, M. J., & Robins, C. J. (2011). Effects of
mindfulness on psychological health: A review of empirical
studies. Clinical Psychology Review, 31, 1041-1056. doi:
10.1016/j.cpr.2011.04.006
Lutz, A., Slagter, H. A., Dunne, J. D., & Davidson, R. J.
(2008). Attention regulation and monitoring in meditation.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 12, 163-169. doi: 10.1016/j.
tics.2008.01.005
Lykins, E., & Baer, R. A. (2009). Psychological functioning in a
sample of long-term practitioners of mindfulness meditation.
Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 23, 226-241. doi:
10.1891/0889-8391.23.3.226
Maroco, J., Tecedeiro, M., Martins, P., & Meireles, A. (2008). O
Burnout como factor hierárquico de 2ª ordem da Escala de
Burnout de Maslach. Análise Psicológica, 26(4), 639-649.
Morone, N. E., Lynch, C. S., Greco, C. M., Tindle, H. A., &
Weiner, D. K. (2008). “I felt like a new person.” the effects
of mindfulness meditation on older adults with chronic pain:
qualitative narrative analysis of diary entries. The Journal of
Pain, 9, 841-848. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.04.003
Nesvold, A., Fagerland, M. W., Davanger, S., Ellingsen, O.,
Solberg, E. E., Holen, A., . . . Atar, D. (2012). Increased heart
rate variability during nondirective meditation. European
Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 19, 773-780. doi:
10.1177/1741826711414625
Sauer, S., Walach, H., Schmidt, S., Hinterberger, T., Lynch, S.,
Büssing, A., & Kohls, N. (2013). Assessment of Mindfulness:
Review on State of the Art. Mindfulness, 4(1), 3-17. doi:
10.1007/s12671-012-0122-5
Schroevers, M. J., & Brandsma, R. (2010). Is learning mindfulness
associated with improved affect after mindfulness-based
cognitive therapy? British Journal of Psychology, 10, 95-107.
doi: 10.1348/000712609X424195
Segal, Z. V., Williams, J. M. G., & Teasdale, J. D. (2002).
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A New
Approach to Preventing Relapse. New York, NY: Guilford.
Shapiro, S. L., Oman, D., Thoresen, C. E., Plante, T. G., & Flinders,
T. (2008). Cultivating mindfulness: Effects on well-being.
Journal of Clinical Psychology, 64, 840-862. doi: 10.1002/
jclp.20491
Sugiura, Y., Sato, A., Ito, Y., & Murakami, H. (2012). Development
and Validation of the Japanese Version of the Five Facet
Mindfulness Questionnaire. Mindfulness, 3, 85-94. doi:
10.1007/s12671-011-0082-1
Tácon, A. M., McComb, J., Caldera, Y., & Randolph, P. (2003).
Mindfulness meditation, anxiety reduction, and heart desease- a
pilot study. Family & Community Health, 26(1), 25-33.
Teasdale, J. D., Segal, Z., & Williams, J. (1995). How does cognitive
therapy prevent depressive relapse and why should attentional
control (mindfulness) training help? Behaviour Research and
Therapy, 33(1), 25-39.
Teper, R., Segal, Z. V., & Inzlicht, M. (2013). Inside the Mindful
Mind: How Mindfulness Enhances Emotion Regulation
Through Improvements in Executive Control. Current
Directions in Psychological Science. Advance online
publication. doi: 10.1177/0963721413495869
Tran, U. S., Glück, T. M., & Nader, I. W. (2013). Investigating the
Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ): Construction
of a Short Form and Evidence of a Two-Factor Higher Order
Structure of Mindfulness. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 69,
951-965. doi: 10.1002/jclp.21996
Veehof, M. M., Klooster, P. M., Taal, E., Westerhof, G. J., &
Bohlmeijer, E. T. (2011). Psychometric properties of the Dutch
Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) in patients
with fibromyalgia. Clinical Rheumatology, 30, 1045-1054.
doi: 10.1007/s10067-011-1690-9
Williams, J. M. G. (2008). Mindfulness, depression and modes
of mind. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 32, 721-733. doi:
10.1007/s10608-008-9204-z
Witkiewitz, K., Marlatt, G. A., & Walker, D. (2005). Mindfulnessbased
relapse prevention for alcohol and substance use
disorders. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 19, 211-228.
doi: 10.1891/jcop.2005.19.3.211
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Barros, V. V. de, Kozasa, E. H., Souza, I. C. W. de, & Ronzani, T. M. (2014). Validity Evidence of the Brazilian Version of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ). Psicologia: Teoria E Pesquisa, 30(3), 317–327. Retrieved from https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/18208
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