Chadwick, Paul, Hember, Martin, Symes, Janette, Peters, Emmanuelle, Kuipers, Elizabeth and Dagnan, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5709-1586
(2008)
Responding mindfully to unpleasant thoughts and images: reliability and validity of the Southampton mindfulness questionnaire (SMQ).
British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 47
(4).
pp. 451-455.
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Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal / Publication Title: | British Journal of Clinical Psychology |
| Publisher: | Wiley / The British Psychological Society |
| ISSN: | 2044-8260 |
| Departments: | Institute of Health > Psychology and Psychological Therapies Centre for Research in Health and Society (CRIHS) |
| Additional Information: | Professor Dave Dagnan, PhD, Visiting Professor, Institute of Health, University of Cumbria, UK. |
| Depositing User: | David Dagnan |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Sep 2024 08:40 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Sep 2024 08:41 |
| URI: | https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/8366 |
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