The literature so far ensues the probable discrepancies in the present mindfulness instruments either at conceptual level or psychometric level. I am going to be conducting my doctoral research in Pakistan and I am very much excited to introduce this phenomenon as an intervention or as a clinical endeavour. But i believe that this construct needs to be studied and understood as by the population it is being intended for and for that I was thinking of establishing an instrument that captures the Buddhist flavor ( having a more religious or faith-based tinge) as well as the Western psychological perspective (being relatively more tangible) .I was concerned about where to start, should I start from scratch (by first developing a working conceptual model) or should I use some earlier developed instruments as my baseline, like FFMQ ?
Any feedback or suggestions would be appreciated!!
Anum,
Cann´t help from the conceptual perspective. However, I recommend you literature about instrument development.
Wilson M. Constructing Measures: An Item Response Modeling Approach. Routledge; 2005. 234 p.
Wolfe EW, Smith EV Jr. Instrument development tools and activities for measure validation using Rasch models: part I - instrument development tools. J Appl Meas. 2007;8(1):97-123. Wolfe EW, Smith EV Jr. Instrument development tools and activities for measure validation using Rasch models: part II--validation activities. J Appl Meas. 2007;8(2):204-34.
Diego,
Thank you for the recommendations.I will certainly go through them.
Dear Anum,
Thanks for raising my awareness about Mindfullness measures :-)
I am a practical questionnaire developer (personality, EQ, motivation, team and engagement are my topics). I looked into the FFMQ scales and items, and I think it is a great starting point. Some of the items are too repetitive in my opinion, so there is space for more creativity.
Dear Gabor,
Thank you for your encouraging response! :) and you are right there are some concerns with the FFMQ.
This (https://positivepsychologyprogram.com/mindfulness-questionnaires-scales-assessments-awareness/) is a lay article, but discusses several mindfulness assessment instruments and says the following about the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory, which I've seen used here and there, from time to time...
"Walach and colleagues hewed closely to the Buddhist idea of mindfulness, and as such the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI) is considered to be a heavily qualitative rather than quantitative measure."
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