Responding mindfully to unpleasant thoughts and images: Reliability and validity of the Southampton mindfulness questionnaire (SMQ)

Chadwick, Paul; Hember, Martin; Symes, Janette; Peters, Emmanuelle; Kuipers, Elizabeth; Dagnan, Dave

doi:10.1348/014466508x314891

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Responding mindfully to unpleasant thoughts and images: Reliability and validity of the Southampton mindfulness questionnaire (SMQ)

Published in British Journal of Clinical Psychology • Jun 24, 2008

Authors:

Paul Chadwick

Martin Hember

Janette Symes

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess the reliability and validity of the Southampton mindfulness questionnaire (SMQ), a 16-item measure of mindful awareness of distressing thoughts and images. METHODS: A total of 256 people participated, comprising a non-clinical community sample of 134 (83 meditators and 51 non-me...

Subject

Mindfulness

Psychology

Distressing

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