Toronto Mindfulness Scale.

TMS

What it measures

state mindfulness; curiosity; decentering

Length and format

13 items. 5-point Likert (not at all to very much); 2 subscales (Curiosity 6, Decentering 7) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Validated in Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese, German and other languages

Normative data

Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.

Licence

public-domain / open

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Reference

Lau, M. A., Bishop, S. R., Segal, Z. V., Buis, T., Anderson, N. D., Carlson, L., Shapiro, S., Carmody, J., Abbey, S., & Devins, G. (2006). The Toronto Mindfulness Scale: Development and validation. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 62(12), 1445-1467.