Reliability, validity, and factorial structure of the Turkish version of the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (Turkish FMI)

Karatepe, Hasan Turan; Yavuz, Kaasım Fatih

Reliability, validity, and factorial structure of the Turkish version of the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (Turkish FMI)

dc.authorid	0000-0003-3862-2705
dc.contributor.author	Karatepe, Hasan Turan
dc.contributor.author	Yavuz, Kaasım Fatih
dc.date.accessioned	2019-12-26T07:27:48Z
dc.date.available	2019-12-26T07:27:48Z
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.department	İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi, İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesi, Psikoloji Bölümü
dc.description.abstract	OBJECTIVES: Mindfulness is the awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgementally to the unfolding of experience moment to moment. Mindfulness-based interventions are frequently used in clinical situations and in establishing psychological well-being in a non-clinical sample as psychological techniques. Therefore, many mindfulness measures have been developed for use in clinical settings and for research purposes. Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI) is a self-report questionnaire that was developed to measure the trait mindfulness. In this study, we aimed to examine the validity, reliability, and factor structure of the FMI in a Turkish sample. METHODS: Participants were mostly college students (113 female, 93 male) and civil servants. Sociodemographic information, the Turkish version of the FMI, Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II), Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) - All statistical analyses were performed by using SPSS version 20 and AMOS 23 version. RESULTS: The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the scale was 0.823, Guttman's split-half reliability coefficient was 0.828, and test-retest reliability coefficient was 0.895. A positive and statistically significant correlation was found between the Turkish FMI and FFMQ (r = 0.566, p = .000). We found negative and statistically significant results between FMI and AAQ-II scores (r = -0.519 p = .000). We found strong statistical fit indices that can be acceptable for one-factor solution confirmatory factor analysis. CONCLUSIONS: The Turkish version of the FMI has satisfactory convergent and divergent validity, good internal and test-retest reliability with one-factor structure to use in a Turkish sample. We hope that Turkish form of FMI, which is known to be effective in assessing the mindfulness especially in a population that is familiar with the mindfulness practices, will be a useful alternative instrument for Turkish clinicians and researchers.
dc.identifier.citation	Karatepe, H. T. ve Yavuz, K. F. (2019). Reliability, validity, and factorial structure of the Turkish version of the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (Turkish FMI). Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 29(4) 472-478. https://doi.org/10.1080/24750573.2019.1663582
dc.identifier.doi	10.1080/24750573.2019.1663582
dc.identifier.endpage	478
dc.identifier.issn	2475-0573
dc.identifier.issn	2475-0581
dc.identifier.issue	4
dc.identifier.scopusquality	Q3
dc.identifier.startpage	472
dc.identifier.uri	https://doi.org/10.1080/24750573.2019.1663582
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12511/4713
dc.identifier.volume	29
dc.identifier.wosquality	Q4
dc.indekslendigikaynak	Web of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynak	Scopus
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Taylor & Francis
dc.relation.ispartof	Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology	en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory	Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rights	Attribution 4.0 International	*
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Mindfulness Measurement
dc.subject	Acceptance
dc.subject	Validity Measurement
dc.subject	Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
dc.subject	Mindfulness
dc.subject	Factorial Analyses
dc.title	Reliability, validity, and factorial structure of the Turkish version of the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (Turkish FMI)
dc.type	Article