A short version of the Kentucky inventory of mindfulness skills
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The Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills (KIMS; Baer, Smith, & Allen, 2004) is a 39-item self-report measure for the assessment of four different mindfulness factors. This study aimed at developing a short version of the German adaptation of the KIMS (KIMS-Short). Confirmatory factor analyses were carried out with two samples (N = 469 and N = 602) to develop subscales with fewer items and to confirm the factor structure of the KIMS-Short. Furthermore, the relations between the KIMS-Short subscales and other scales were evaluated. The KIMS-Short with its 20 items enable researchers to replicate the basic factor structure of four separate mindfulness skills. However, the analyses for the "observing" subscale revealed two different but strongly correlated factors depending on whether the observed stimuli were internal or external phenomena.
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The KIMS short form is 20 items, which may still reduce its utility in cancer populations.
“Originally 39 items, a short form of the KIMS is available at 20 items, but this length may still reduce its utility in cancer populations.16”
From Preliminary validation of the Cognitive Affective Mindfulness Scale–Revised in cancer populations (2024) · cites this paper as [16]
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- Authors
- Höfling, V., Ströhle, G., Michalak, J., & Heidenreich, T.
- Affiliations
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
- Esslingen University of Applied Sciences (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Höfling, Volkmar
- Venue
- Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2011-02-03
- Volume
- 67
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 639-645
- ISSN
- 0021-9762 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2083970413
- Cited by
- 49
- References
- 15
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- FWCI
- 2.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- mindfulness skills, short-form scale development, German adaptation, factor structure, self-report measures
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Awareness, Behavior, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Germany, Humans, Kentucky, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Reproducibility of Results, Self Efficacy, Young Adult
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