Trial reportPsychological assessment2016
Does the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire measure what we think it does? Construct validity evidence from an active controlled randomized clinical trial.
Trial report in Psychological assessment, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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63 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A meta-analytical review of the impact of mindfulness on creativity: Framing current lines of research and defining moderator variables.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2023Pooled it
- Mindfulness related changes in grey matter: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Brain imaging and behavior · 2021Pooled it
- Mindfulness-based programmes for mental health promotion in adults in nonclinical settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.PLoS medicine · 2021Pooled it
- The relationship between trait mindfulness and affective symptoms: A meta-analysis of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ).Clinical psychology review · 2019Pooled it
- Differential sensitivity of mindfulness questionnaires to change with treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychological assessment · 2019Pooled it
- The effects of mindfulness meditation on burnout in clinical genetic counselors: A three-arm randomized controlled trial.Journal of genetic counseling · 2026Trial
- Psychological mechanisms of prenatal mindfulness training on antenatal blood pressure reduction: A pilot study.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2025Trial
- Is a brief mindfulness ecological momentary intervention more efficacious than a self-monitoring app for social anxiety disorder? A randomized controlled trial.Journal of anxiety disorders · 2024Trial
- Testing the Efficacy of a Brief, Self-Guided Mindfulness Ecological Momentary Intervention on Emotion Regulation and Self-Compassion in Social Anxiety Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mental health · 2024Trial
- Slower respiration rate is associated with higher self-reported well-being after wellness training.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of Mindfulness in Recovery from Colorectal Cancer.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2023Trial
- A randomized controlled trial of a 14-day mindfulness ecological momentary intervention (MEMI) for generalized anxiety disorder.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2023Trial
- How mindfulness training promotes positive emotions: Dismantling acceptance skills training in two randomized controlled trials.Journal of personality and social psychology · 2018Trial
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mindfulness and Acceptance Group Therapy for Residential Substance Use Patients.Substance use & misuse · 2017Trial
- How and for whom does web-based acceptance and commitment therapy work? Mediation and moderation analyses of web-based ACT for depressive symptoms.BMC psychiatry · 2016Trial
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- A Brief Mindfulness Intervention for Pain Management in Fibromyalgia: A Single-arm Open-Label Study.Restorative neurology and neuroscience · 2026Article
- The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Burnout in Clinical Genetic Counselors: A Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Intervention-induced changes in state mindfulness do not predict trait changes in mindfulness, self-compassion, or perceived stress.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Mindfulness and Relaxation Interventions Reduce Depression, Negative Affect and Stress in Widow(er)s.Journal of loss & trauma · 2025Article
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Abstract
The current study attempted a rigorous test of the construct validity of a widely used self-report measure of dispositional mindfulness, the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), within the context of an active controlled randomized trial (n = 130). The trial included three arms: mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), an active control condition that did not include instruction in mindfulness meditation (Health Enhancement Program [HEP]), and a waitlist control condition. Partial evidence for the convergent validity of the FFMQ was shown in correlations at baseline between FFMQ facets and measures of psychological symptoms and psychological well-being. In addition, facets of the FFMQ were shown to increase over the course of an MBSR intervention relative to a waitlist control condition. However, the FFMQ failed to show discriminant validity. Specifically, facets of the FFMQ were shown to increase over the course of the HEP intervention relative to the waitlist control condition. MBSR and HEP, in contrast, did not differ in changes in FFMQ score over time. Implications of these findings for the measurement and theory of mindfulness and MBSR are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record
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