Refinement and Validation of the Balanced Inventory of Mindfulness-Related Skills (BIMS)

ConclusionsThe BIMS represents a psychometrically sound revision of the FFMQ that retains the five-factor structure of the original scale while eliminating method effects. It is strongly correlated with the original scale and exhibits comparable correlations with attentional control, emotion regulation, and personality characteristics. Critically, the BIMS represents a measure of mindfulness-related skills, shifting the focus to clinically relevant constructs that may interact but do not necessarily sum to a unitary trait.

Source: Mindfulness - January 18, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research