Turkish Adaptation of State Mindfulness Scale: Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Reliability Study

Mindfulness-based approaches, which have been used in many fields in recent years, have been widely accepted especially in practices in psychology and psychiatry, and have been integrated into traditional treatment methods. In parallel with the positive effects of the concept of mindfulness on menta...

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Main Authors: Selen Yağcı, Elif Gökçearslan Çifci, Veli Duyan, Murat Çay
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Published: Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar 2022-12-01
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/2020604
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author Selen Yağcı
Elif Gökçearslan Çifci
Veli Duyan
Murat Çay
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description Mindfulness-based approaches, which have been used in many fields in recent years, have been widely accepted especially in practices in psychology and psychiatry, and have been integrated into traditional treatment methods. In parallel with the positive effects of the concept of mindfulness on mental, spiritual and physical well-being, researches have also steadily increased and various scales have been developed to measure mindfulness which can be summarized as the mindful awareness of the moment by accepting one’s experience without judgment.Some of these scales were adapted to Turkish in the last decade. Considering the extensive usage of the concept of mindfulness in health-related fields, this study aimed to introduce the State Mindfulness Scale into Turkish, as one of the important scales to be evaluated on a more solid theoretical and methodological basis. Accordingly, the source scale was translated into Turkish through the steps suggested by WHO. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed for the validity of the scale. Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient, Item Total Score Analysis, Guttman reliability coefficients, Spearman-Brown confidence coefficients were evaluated and the findings regarding the internal consistency of the scale were used in terms of the reliability analysis of the scale. For CFA and other analyses, 345 students at Akdeniz University were included in the study. As a result of CFA, it was found that the 21 item 2-factor structure in the source scale was compatible with the target culture (X2/Sd: 3,41; RMSEA: 0,088: CFI: 0,95). The correlation reliability coefficients of the scale ranged from 0.484 to 0.743. The Cronbach alpha value of the first factor of the scale was 0.899, the Cronbach alpha value of the second factor was 0.728, and the Cronbach alpha value for the total score was 0.921. The findings show that the validity and reliability of the State Mindfulness Scale has been ensured and the scale has been successfully adapted to Turkish.
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spelling doaj.art-d9b644e548e345fb961df8ab7d2e71172024-02-02T05:59:40ZengPsikiyatride Güncel YaklaşımlarPsikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar1309-06742022-12-0114Supplement 111010.18863/pgy.1008106496Turkish Adaptation of State Mindfulness Scale: Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Reliability StudySelen YağcıElif Gökçearslan ÇifciVeli DuyanMurat ÇayMindfulness-based approaches, which have been used in many fields in recent years, have been widely accepted especially in practices in psychology and psychiatry, and have been integrated into traditional treatment methods. In parallel with the positive effects of the concept of mindfulness on mental, spiritual and physical well-being, researches have also steadily increased and various scales have been developed to measure mindfulness which can be summarized as the mindful awareness of the moment by accepting one’s experience without judgment.Some of these scales were adapted to Turkish in the last decade. Considering the extensive usage of the concept of mindfulness in health-related fields, this study aimed to introduce the State Mindfulness Scale into Turkish, as one of the important scales to be evaluated on a more solid theoretical and methodological basis. Accordingly, the source scale was translated into Turkish through the steps suggested by WHO. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed for the validity of the scale. Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient, Item Total Score Analysis, Guttman reliability coefficients, Spearman-Brown confidence coefficients were evaluated and the findings regarding the internal consistency of the scale were used in terms of the reliability analysis of the scale. For CFA and other analyses, 345 students at Akdeniz University were included in the study. As a result of CFA, it was found that the 21 item 2-factor structure in the source scale was compatible with the target culture (X2/Sd: 3,41; RMSEA: 0,088: CFI: 0,95). The correlation reliability coefficients of the scale ranged from 0.484 to 0.743. The Cronbach alpha value of the first factor of the scale was 0.899, the Cronbach alpha value of the second factor was 0.728, and the Cronbach alpha value for the total score was 0.921. The findings show that the validity and reliability of the State Mindfulness Scale has been ensured and the scale has been successfully adapted to Turkish.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/2020604mindfulnessstate mindfulnessmindfulness scalemindful awareness
spellingShingle Selen Yağcı
Elif Gökçearslan Çifci
Veli Duyan
Murat Çay
Turkish Adaptation of State Mindfulness Scale: Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Reliability Study
Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar
mindfulness
state mindfulness
mindfulness scale
mindful awareness
title Turkish Adaptation of State Mindfulness Scale: Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Reliability Study
title_full Turkish Adaptation of State Mindfulness Scale: Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Reliability Study
title_fullStr Turkish Adaptation of State Mindfulness Scale: Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Reliability Study
title_full_unstemmed Turkish Adaptation of State Mindfulness Scale: Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Reliability Study
title_short Turkish Adaptation of State Mindfulness Scale: Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Reliability Study
title_sort turkish adaptation of state mindfulness scale confirmatory factor analysis and reliability study
topic mindfulness
state mindfulness
mindfulness scale
mindful awareness
url https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/2020604
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