Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire Short Form - FFMQ-SF

Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Created: November 06, 2015

Last Modified: June 13, 2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC

Background

This script implements a computerized adaptation of the short form of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ-SF) as described in:

Original/long form: Baer, R. A., Smith, G. T., Hopkins, J., Krietemeyer, J., & Toney, L. (2006). Using self-report assessment methods to explore facets of mindfulness. Assessment, 13, 27-45.

Baer, R. A., et all. (2008). Construct Validity of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire in Meditating and Nonmeditating Samples. Assessment, 15, 329

Paper and Pencil Form and Scoring instructions of original FFMQ can be downloaded from: https://www.ruthbaer.com/academics/index.html

Short Form: Bohlmeijer, E., P. M. ten Klooster, et al. (2011). Psychometric properties of the five facet mindfulness questionnaire in depressed adults and development of a short form. Assessment 18(3): 308-320.

Paper and Pencil Form and Scoring instructions of FFMQ-ST can be downloaded from: https://www.goodmedicine.org.uk/files/assessment,%20mindfulness%205%20facets%20short_1.pdf

Duration

2 minutes

Overview

Participants are asked to answer 24 5-point Likert-type questions with the following anchors:
"Never or very rarely true", "rarely true", "sometimes true", "often true", "very often or always true".

Instructions

can be edited under section Editable Parameters.
The original wording is:
"Below is a collection of statements about your everyday experience. Using the 1–5 scale below, please indicate,
in the box to the right of each statement, how frequently or infrequently you have had each experience in the last month (or other agreed time period).
Please answer according to what really reflects your experience rather than what you think your experience should be."

Scoring

24 5-point Likert-type questions on 5 facets/subscales scored on a scale from 1-5:
1) Observing (8 questions, Max: 40 points):
"includes noticing or attending to internal and external experiences, such as sensations, cognitions,
emotions, sights, sounds, and smells." (Baer et al, 2008, p.330)
2) Describing (4 questions, Max: 20 points):
"refers to labeling internal experiences with words." (Baer et al, 2008, p.330)
3) ActingWithAwareness (5 questions, Max: 25 points):
"includes attending to one’s activities of the moment and can be contrasted with behaving mechanically while
attention is focused elsewhere (often called automatic pilot)." (Baer et al, 2008, p.330)
4) NonjudgingOfInnerExperience (5 questions, Max: 25 points):
"refers to taking a nonevaluative stance toward thoughts and feelings." (Baer et al, 2008, p.330)
5) NonreactivityToInnerExperience (5 questions, Max: 25 points):
"is the tendency to allow thoughts and feelings to come and go,
without getting caught up in or carried away by them." (Baer et al, 2008, p.330)

Scoring: higher scores represent higher levels of mindfulness

Summary Data

File Name: fivefacetmindfulnessquestionnaire_SF_summary*.iqdat

Data Fields

Raw Data

File Name: fivefacetmindfulnessquestionnaire_SF_raw*.iqdat

Data Fields

Parameters

The procedure can be adjusted by setting the following parameters.