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Validation of Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire – Short form, in Spanish, general health care services patients sample: Prediction of depression through mindfulness scale

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Asensio-Martínez, Ángela, Masluk, Barbara, Montero-Marin, Jesus, Olivan-Blázquez, Bárbara, Navarro-Gil, Maria Teresa, García-Campayo, Javier, Magallón-Botaya, Rosa·2019·PLOS ONE
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0214503PMC PMC6445454
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The validation of Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ)-short version was performed in a general population of a city in a region of Galicia (Spain), the sample was composed of randomly selected Spanish Health Care patients (N = 845). The results on the goodness of fit of the non-hierarchical, five-dimensional factorial model met the criteria for good and acceptable model adjustment (after eliminating item 18 and despite the correlations detected among the errors included in the model), explaining a 55.5%.of the variance. As the second objective has been analysed the association between the scores obtained in the different facets of the FFMQ-SF and the risk of suffering an episode of depression. (The Odd Ratio, the Hosmer-Lemeshow test and the ROC curve were calculated.) Participants who were currently suffering from an episode of depression were more likely to have low scores in "describing" facet of Mindfulness (adjusted OR = 1.58, 95% CI = 1.04-2.40, linear trend: χ2 = 3.74, df = 1, p = 0.053) as well as low scores on "acting with awareness" (adjusted OR = 2.19, 95% CI = 1.461-3.30, linear trend: χ2 = 9.52, df = 1; = 0.002) and "non judging" (adjusted OR = 2.05, 95% CI = 1.36-3.09, linear trend: χ2 = 143.21, df = 1; p <0.001). Participants with a previous episode of depression were more likely to have low scores on the subscale "acting with awareness" (adjusted OR = 2.37, 95% CI = 1.43-3.93, linear trend: χ2 = 9.62, df = 1, p = 0.002) and "non-reactivity" (adjusted OR = 2.14, 95% CI = 1.28-3.56, linear trend: χ2 = 8.30; df = 1; p = 0.004. Questionnaire FFMQ-SF is an adequate questionnaire for the evaluation of mindfulness in non-clinical multi- occupational population.

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  • Both the FFMQ and FFMQ-SF have been validated primarily in samples of healthy adults, meditators, and depressive patients.

    “Both the FFMQ and FFMQ-SF have been validated primarily in samples of healthy adults, meditators, and depressive patients [20–26].”

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    The Discussion (Scale validation; page not available) reports that both the long and short FFMQ were applied in samples of adults, experienced meditators, and patients with recurrent depression. The Introduction also describes prior validation of the long form in clinical and non-clinical populations. The paper does not establish that both forms were validated primarily in those three groups; applying a scale is not necessarily validating it. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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Asensio-Martínez, Á., Masluk, B., Montero-Marin, J., Olivan-Blázquez, B., Navarro-Gil, M. T., García-Campayo, J., & Magallón-Botaya, R.
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Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
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PLOS ONE
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Published
2019-04-02
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14
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4
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e0214503
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1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0214503
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PMC6445454
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Instituto de Salud Carlos III
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, depression risk, depression prediction, acting with awareness, non-judgment, non-reactivity, description, questionnaire validation, Spanish adaptation, factor structure, Galicia, Spain, questionnaire reliability and validity, psychometric properties
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Algorithms, Awareness, Depression, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Language, Male, Middle Aged, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, ROC Curve, Severity of Illness Index, Spain, Reproducibility of Results, Linear Models, Odds Ratio, Young Adult, Mindfulness

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