Mindfulness Process Questionnaire

Technical Manual

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

Created: January 05, 2016

Last Modified: January 09, 2025 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC

Background

This script implements the Mindful Process Questionnaire (MPQ) as described by Erisman & Roemer (2012).

References

Erisman, S.M & Roemer, L. (2012). A Preliminary Investigation of the Process of Mindfulness. Mindfulness, 3:30–43.

Duration

1.5 minutes

Description

7 5-point Likert Scale, self-report questionnaire Originally the questionnaire consisted of 8 questions but question7 was officially dropped from the MPQ by Erisman & Roemer (2012).

Instructions

see section Editable Parameters.

Summary Data

File Name: mindfulnessprocessquestionnaire_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant)

Data Fields

NameDescription
inquisit.version Inquisit version number
computer.platform Device platform: win | mac |ios | android
computer.touch 0 = device has no touchscreen capabilities; 1 = device has touchscreen capabilities
computer.hasKeyboard 0 = no external keyboard detected; 1 = external keyboard detected
startDate Date the session was run
startTime Time the session was run
subjectId Participant ID
groupId Group number
sessionId Session number
elapsedTime Session duration in ms
completed 0 = Test was not completed
1 = Test was completed
mdcScore The total score (sum of all scores)

Raw Data

File Name: mindfulnessprocessquestionnaire.iqdat

Data Fields

NameDescription
date Date the session was run
time Time the session was run
subject Participant ID
group Group number
session Session number
build Inquisit version number
q*_response Response given (in assigned values)
Scale: 1 (not characteristic) - 5 (characteristic)
R = automatically reversed scored questions
q*_latency How much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveyPage wit

Parameters

The procedure can be adjusted by setting the following parameters.

NameDescriptionDefault
pageInstructions The instructions that appear at the top of each surveyPage