Erfassung von Achtsamkeit mit der deutschen Version des Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaires (FFMQ-D)

Michalak, Johannes; Zarbock, Gerhard; Drews, Marko; Otto, Deline; Mertens, Dennis; Ströhle, Gunnar; Schwinger, Malte; Dahme, B.; Heidenreich, Thomas

doi:10.1026/0943-8149/a000149

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“…Mindfulness Mindfulness was assessed through a shortened version of the German version of the FFMQ (Michalak et al 2016). The shortened version contained four items for each dimension, and their psychometric properties had been proofed in a previous study (Hunecke and Richter 2019).…”

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Facets of Mindfulness in Stages of Behavior Change Toward Organic Food Consumption

Richter

Hunecke

2020

Mindfulness

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Objectives The preference of organically grown foods can potentially decrease greenhouse gas emissions, which are related to climate change. Recent empirical studies suggest associations between dispositional mindfulness and self-reported pro-environmental behavior. In order to identify the potential and mechanisms of mindfulness with regard to pro-environmental behaviors, it is necessary to consider theories of action. Methods The present study examines the relationship between five facets of self-attributed mindfulness and organic food consumption considering a stage model of behavior change that includes different types of intentions and stage-specific predictors adapted from the theory of planned behavior and the norm-activation model. A cross-sectional online study was conducted with a sample of 560 participants. The mean age of the participants was 30 (SD = 10.5) years, and the sample consisted largely of females (76%). A minority reported regular meditation practice (8%). Results The multivariate analyses showed a significant relationship between observing and goal intention (β = .317, p < .000) as well as the indirect effects of observing on goal intention that is mediated by personal norms and attitude. Further, people in the postaction stage have higher levels of observing than those in the predecision stage (p = .003, d = .43). Overall, the mindfulness facets contribute low to the explained variance of the stage model variables. Conclusion Consistent across the analyses, the mindfulness facet of observing was proved to be a particularly relevant predictor of organic food consumption-related variables. The investigation of the observing facet could be beneficial to understand associated mechanisms and starting points to promote pro-environmental behavior through mindfulness.

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Facets of Mindfulness in Stages of Behavior Change Toward Organic Food Consumption

Richter

Hunecke

2020

Mindfulness

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“…The Five Facet Mindfulness of Questionnaire (FFMQ; Baer et al 2006; German version by Michalak et al 2016) measures five mindfulness facets with 39 items: Observing, describing, acting with awareness, non-judging of experience, and nonreacting. The FFMQ employs a five-point Likert scale (1 = never or very rarely true to 5 = very often or always true).…”

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Differential Relationships of Light and Darker Forms of Humor with Mindfulness

Hofmann

Heintz

Pang

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This study proposes two links between facets of mindfulness and different forms of humor: First, the common benevolence should link mindfulness positively to light forms of humor and negatively to darker forms of humor. Second, similar cognitive mechanisms should underlie both mindfulness and humor ability (humor detection, comprehension, and production). Third, both are malleable, and we hypothesize that fostering humor and mindfulness may mutually influence each other, leading to innovative and practical interventions for settings such as the workplace. In three studies, the relationship of humor and mindfulness as outlined in the Humor Mindfulness Relationship Model was investigated. In Studies 1 and 2, the relationship of different forms of humor and mindfulness was investigated in a sample of health care professionals and a broad online sample. In Study 3, the effect of a mindfulness intervention on humor as a character strength was investigated, giving preliminary insights into the mutual malleability of both. Results confirmed the positive relationship among light forms of humor and mindfulness as well as negative relationships of darker forms of humor with mindfulness. The mindfulness intervention fostered humor as a character strength. These results indicate that humor and mindfulness may be fruitfully combined in positive interventions as well as in the vocational setting. Moreover, the results suggest initial evidence for the Humor Mindfulness Relationship Model.

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“…The FFMQ was therefore considered to measure mindfulness through these five facets. The scale demonstrated satisfactory psychometric properties and has been validated across cultures (e.g., Aguado et al 2015;de Bruin et al 2012;Michalak et al 2016).…”

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“…A second pattern was found with observing being different from the others. More specifically, often a nonsignificant correlation between observing and non-judging (e.g., Baer et al 2006Baer et al , 2008Lilja et al 2011;Michalak et al 2016) was found, and only four of the facets (all but observing) constituted to the overall mindfulness construct. The former pattern was found in participants with meditation experience (meditators) or patients after participating in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT; Segal et al 2013), while the latter was found in participants without meditation experience (non-meditators) or patients before participating in MBCT (Baer et al 2006;Gu et al 2016;Williams et al 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

Scrutinizing the Components of Mindfulness: Insights from Current, Past, and Non-meditators

Pang

Ruch

2018

Mindfulness

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The factor structure of the Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) seems to vary across samples depending on whether meditators or non-meditators are studied and whether a sample is analyzed before or after mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. The current study illustrates the inconsistencies typically found (e.g., whether all five facets can load on an overall construct of mindfulness), as well as provides and tests alternative explanations in three samples with different levels of meditation experience (i.e., current meditators, past meditators, and non-meditators). Altogether, 2247 German-speaking volunteers completed the FFMQ and reported their meditation experiences online. Results showed that the scaling of three facets of the FFMQ (i.e., observing, describing, and non-judging) were constrained in all samples. The past meditators revealed unique features in terms of their mindfulness level: (1) stopping practicing meditation reduced their levels of mindfulness in facets of awareness, nonjudging, and non-reacting, yet observing and describing seemed to remain and (2) those past meditators with intensive trainings scored higher in all five facets than those past meditators who practiced less. The CFA yielded a good fit in all three samples. A hierarchical factor analysis showed how the factors unfolded from level to level and demonstrated that in particular the observing facet loaded on the overall construct of mindfulness differently across the three samples. The empirical results confirmed the alternative interpretations on why the discrepancy regarding the loading of the Bobserving^facet on an overall mindfulness construct occurs, but future studies might think of investigating each hypothesis specifically.

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Erfassung von Achtsamkeit mit der deutschen Version des Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaires (FFMQ-D)

Cited by 65 publications

References 37 publications

Facets of Mindfulness in Stages of Behavior Change Toward Organic Food Consumption

Facets of Mindfulness in Stages of Behavior Change Toward Organic Food Consumption

Differential Relationships of Light and Darker Forms of Humor with Mindfulness

Scrutinizing the Components of Mindfulness: Insights from Current, Past, and Non-meditators

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