The Validation of Korean Version of Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire Short Form

Objectives: To simplify the mindfulness scale and to ensure reliability and validity of the scale.Methods: To develop scale items using the original scale and to identify factor structure of the scale, exploratory factor analysis was conducted based on results of factor analysis, the short-form 5-factor mindfulness scale item was selected. Internal consistency coefficient was calculated and confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to verify reliability of the short-form scale. Finally, to verify validity of the abbreviated scale, we conducted correlation analysis with the abbreviated scale and the mindfulness scale (FFMQ).Results: As with the original scales, scaled scales were composed of 5 factors and consisted of 15 items in total. Factor analysis revealed factor loadings were adequate and reliability and validity were secured.Conclusions: It provided that mindfulness shortening scale validation can be used more simply to measure mindfulness in the clinical scene.