Abstract
In this study, it was aimed to adapt the Comprehensive Inventory of Mindfulness Experiences-Adolescents into Turkish, and to analyze the measure’s validity and reliability. The sample of the study consisted of 415 high school students. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the original eight-factor structure. Cronbach alpha coefficient for the overall scale is 0.70 and the coefficients differ from 0.48 to 0.69 for the sub-scales. Corrected item-total correlations are found to be between 0.20 and 0.55. The convergent and divergent validity was examined and statistically significant relations were found. The study showed that the Turkish adaptation of The Comprehensive Inventory of Mindfulness Experiences-Adolescents is a reliable and valid scale for measuring mindfulness in adolescents.
Highlights
In recent years, interest in Eastern psychology has increased in the West, and it has been a time of increased work of investigating the effectiveness of the use of Buddhism-originated practices in clinical settings [1]
The inventory is a 5-point Likert-type scale and high scores indicate a high level of mindfulness experience
Confirmatory factor analysis was performed and the results were analyzed according to the model fit indices
Summary
Interest in Eastern psychology has increased in the West, and it has been a time of increased work of investigating the effectiveness of the use of Buddhism-originated practices in clinical settings [1]. According to one of the pioneers of mindfulness-based therapeutic practices, Jon Kabat-Zinn [5], mindfulness is the state of awareness that arises as a result of paying attention to the moment deliberately and without judgement. According to another definition, mindfulness is a self-regulation of attention which enables the attention to focus on the moment of experience and to recognize the cognitive activities of oneself. Mindfulness is a self-regulation of attention which enables the attention to focus on the moment of experience and to recognize the cognitive activities of oneself This is the first component of mindfulness. The second component is to approach one's experiences, in the moment, with curiosity, open heartedness and acceptance [6]
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