TY - JOUR
T1 - Responding mindfully to unpleasant thoughts and images: Reliability and validity of the Southampton mindfulness questionnaire (SMQ)
AU - Chadwick, Paul
AU - Hember, Martin
AU - Symes, Janette
AU - Peters, Emmanuelle
AU - Kuipers, Elizabeth
AU - Dagnan, Dave
PY - 2008/11
Y1 - 2008/11
N2 - Objective. To assess the reliability and validity of the Southampton mindfulness questionnaire (SMQ), a 16-item measure of mindful awareness of distressing thoughts and images.
Methods. A total of 256 people participated, comprising a non-clinical community sample of 134 (83 meditators and 51 non-meditators) and a clinical sample of 122 people with a current distressing psychosis. To assess concurrent validity, non-clinical participants and half clinical participants (total 197 participants) completed the mindful attention awareness scale (MAAS). Predicted links were assessed with affect, and 59 patients completed a validated measure to assess link between mindfulness and intensity of 'delusional' experience.
Results. The scale has a single factor structure, was internally reliable, significantly correlated with the MAAS, showed expected associations with affect, and distinguished among meditators, non-meditators and people with psychosis.
Conclusions. The data support use of the SMQ in clinical practice and research to assess mindful responding to distressing thoughts and images.
AB - Objective. To assess the reliability and validity of the Southampton mindfulness questionnaire (SMQ), a 16-item measure of mindful awareness of distressing thoughts and images.
Methods. A total of 256 people participated, comprising a non-clinical community sample of 134 (83 meditators and 51 non-meditators) and a clinical sample of 122 people with a current distressing psychosis. To assess concurrent validity, non-clinical participants and half clinical participants (total 197 participants) completed the mindful attention awareness scale (MAAS). Predicted links were assessed with affect, and 59 patients completed a validated measure to assess link between mindfulness and intensity of 'delusional' experience.
Results. The scale has a single factor structure, was internally reliable, significantly correlated with the MAAS, showed expected associations with affect, and distinguished among meditators, non-meditators and people with psychosis.
Conclusions. The data support use of the SMQ in clinical practice and research to assess mindful responding to distressing thoughts and images.
U2 - 10.1348/014466508X314891
DO - 10.1348/014466508X314891
M3 - Article
VL - 47
SP - 451
EP - 455
JO - British Journal of Clinical Psychology
JF - British Journal of Clinical Psychology
IS - 4
ER -