Open AccessEvaluating the Factor Structure of Each Facet of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire
Author(s) -
William E. Pelham,
Oscar González,
Stephen A. Metcalf,
Cady L. Whicker,
Katie Witkiewitz,
Lisa A. Marsch,
David P. MacKin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
mindfulness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.509
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1868-8535
pISSN - 1868-8527
DOI - 10.1007/s12671-019-01235-2
Subject(s) - facet (psychology) , psychology , mindfulness , confirmatory factor analysis , exploratory factor analysis , structural equation modeling , sample (material) , distraction , measurement invariance , psychometrics , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , social psychology , cognitive psychology , statistics , big five personality traits , personality , mathematics , chemistry , chromatography
Nearly all studies treat the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire as five independent scales (one measuring each of the five facets), yet almost no methodological work has examined the psychometric structure of the facets independently. We address this gap using factor analytic methods.