The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire is a 39 item measure consisting of five subscales (observing, describing, acting with awareness, non-judging of inner experience, and non-reactivity to inner experience).
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, 27-45.
- Baer, R. A., Smith, G. T., Lykins, E., Button, D., Krietemeyer, J., Sauer, S., et al. (2008). Construct validity of the five facet mindfulness questionnaire in meditating and nonmeditating samples. Assessment, 15, 329-342.
- Christopher, M.S., Neuser, N.J., Michael, P.G. et al. (2012). Exploring the Psychometric Properties of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire. Mindfulness, 3, 124–131. DOI: 10.1007/s12671-011-0086-x
- Curtiss, J. & Klemanski, D.H. (2014). Factor Analysis of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire in a Heterogeneous Clinical Sample. J Psychopathol Behav Assess, 36, 683–694. DOI: 10.1007/s10862-014-9429-y
- Karl, J. A., Prado, S. M. M., Gračanin, A., et al. (2020). The cross-cultural validity of the Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire across 16 countries. Mindfulness, 11(5), 1226–1237. DOI: 10.1007/s12671-020-01333-6
- Spencer, S. D., Jo, D., Hamagami F., Antonio, M. C. K., Qinaʻau, J., Masuda, A., & Hishinuma, E. S. (2022). A psychometric validation of contextual cognitive behavioral therapy-informed measures with racially and ethnically diverse adults. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 25, 61-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2022.06.004
FFMQ-Short Form References:
- Bohlmeijer, E., ten Klooster, P. M., Fledderus, M., Veehof, M., & Baer, R. (2011). Psychometric Properties of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire in Depressed Adults and Development of a Short Form. Assessment, 18(3), 308-320. DOI: 10.1177/1073191111408231
- Gu, J., Strauss, C., Crane, C., Barnhofer, T., Karl, A., Cavanagh, K., & Kuyken, W. (2016). Examining the factor structure of the 39-item and 15-item versions of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire before and after mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for people with recurrent depression. Psychological Assessment, 28(7), 791–802. DOI: 10.1037/pas0000263
- Levin-Aspenson, H.F., Marks, R.M., Dalrymple, K.L, &Zimmerman, M. (2023). Does the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire measure the same constructs before and after ACT-based treatment? Examination of the longitudinal measurement invariance of the 24-item FFMQ-SF. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 29, 131-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2023.07.001