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Self-regulation and positive traits

Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale - Revised.

CAMS-R

What it measures
dispositional mindfulness; attention; present focus; awareness; acceptance
Length and format
12 items. 4-point Likert (rarely/not at all to almost always) (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Adapted into Spanish, Turkish, Polish and other languages
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
public-domain / open

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Reference
Feldman, G., Hayes, A., Kumar, S., Greeson, J., & Laurenceau, J. P. (2007). Mindfulness and emotion regulation: The development and initial validation of the Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R). Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 29(3), 177-190.

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