ArticlePsychological assessment2020
A comparison of decentering across demographic groups and meditation experience: Support for the measurement invariance of the Experiences Questionnaire.
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- The role of decentering and self-compassion in self-esteem regulation: how meditation and metacognition shape the use of self-esteem regulation strategies.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Mindfulness and Care Experience in Family Caregivers of Persons Living with Dementia.Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports · 2023Article
- Validation of the factor structure of the Experiences Questionnaire using Exploratory Graph Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Who Benefits Most? Interactions between Personality Traits and Outcomes of Four Incremental Meditation and Yoga Treatments.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Linkages between Psychedelics and Meditation in a Population-Based Sample in the United States.Journal of psychoactive drugsArticle
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Theory and prior research suggests that decentering-an objective, distanced perspective on one's internal experiences-may vary based upon characteristics such as age, gender, race/ethnicity, and meditation experience. However, little is known about whether decentering measures are comparable in their meaning and interpretation when administered to individuals with different group membership (e.g., men or women; younger or older adults, etc.). The current study examined the measurement invariance of the Experiences Questionnaire (Fresco et al., 2007), a commonly used measure of decentering, evaluating age, gender, race/ethnicity, and meditation experience in three samples (students, community members, and clinical participants). Each sample was tested separately to assess the generalizability of results. The Experiences Questionnaire demonstrated full or partial measurement invariance in all cases, suggesting that scores are not biased based upon group membership and may be compared across individuals who vary in age, race/ethnicity, gender, and meditation experience. The current study also examined mean differences in decentering by groups, finding some evidence that decentering scores are higher for men, racial/ethnic minorities, older adults, and individuals with more meditation experiences. Implications are discussed for assessing decentering in diverse samples. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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