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Validation of a French version of the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory - short version: relationships between mindfulness and stress in an adult population

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Trousselard, Marion, Steiler, Dominique, Raphel, Christian, Cian, Corinne, Duymedjian, Raffi, Claverie, Damien, Canini, Frédéric·2010·BioPsychoSocial Medicine

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BACKGROUND: Whereas interest in incorporating mindfulness into interventions in medicine is growing, data on the relationships of mindfulness to stress and coping in management is still scarce. This report first presents a French validation of the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory-short form (FMI) in a middle-aged working population. Secondly, it investigates the relationship between psychological adjustment and mindfulness. METHODS: Five hundred and six non-clinical middle-aged working individuals rated themselves on the self-report French version FMI and completed measures of psychological constructs potentially related to mindfulness levels. RESULTS: Results were comparable to results of the original short version. Internal consistency of the scale based on the one-factor solution was .74, and test-retest reliability was good. The one-dimensional solution as the alternative to the two-factor structure solution yielded suboptimal fit indices. Correlations also indicated that individuals scoring high on mindfulness are prone to stress tolerance, positive affects and higher self-efficacy. Furthermore, subjects with no reports of stressful events were higher on mindfulness. CONCLUSION: These data showed that mindfulness can be measured validly and reliably with the proposed French version of the FMI. The data also highlighted the relationship between mindfulness and stress in an adult population. Mindfulness appears to reduce negative appraisals of challenging or threatening events.

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  • Mindfulness trait was assessed using the 14-item Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory short form (FMI short form), and the French validation showed good psychometric qualities.

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Authors
Trousselard, M., Steiler, D., Raphel, C., Cian, C., Duymedjian, R., Claverie, D., & Canini, F.
Affiliations
  • Service de Santé des Armées (FR)
  • Grenoble Ecole de Management (FR)
Corresponding author
Trousselard, Marion
Venue
BioPsychoSocial Medicine
Published
2010
Volume
4
Issue
1
Pages
8
ISSN
1751-0759 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2116475876
Cited by
103
References
49
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1.76
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journal article
Language
en
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Keywords
mindfulness, Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory, French translation, psychometric validation, stress, stress tolerance, psychological adjustment, self-efficacy, positive affect, middle-aged adults, working population

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