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Self-regulation and positive traits

Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory.

FMI

What it measures
dispositional mindfulness; presence; acceptance
Length and format
30 items. 4-point Likert (rarely to almost always) (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Originally German; English and other-language versions available
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
Buchheld, N., Grossman, P., & Walach, H. (2001). Measuring mindfulness in insight meditation (Vipassana) and meditation-based psychotherapy. Journal for Meditation and Meditation Research, 1, 11-34.

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