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Self-regulation and positive traits

Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire.

FFMQ

What it measures
dispositional mindfulness; observing; describing; acting with awareness; non-judging; non-reactivity
Length and format
39 items. 5-point Likert (never/very rarely true to very often/always true); 5 facet subscales (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Translated into 20+ languages incl. Dutch, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Swedish
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
Baer, R. A., Smith, G. T., Hopkins, J., Krietemeyer, J., & Toney, L. (2006). Using self-report assessment methods to explore facets of mindfulness. Assessment, 13(1), 27-45.

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