Christian U. Krägeloh; Marcus A. Henning; Oleg Medvedev; Xuan Joanna Feng; Fiona Moir; Rex Billington; Richard J. Siegert Taylor & Francis Ltd (2019) Kovakantinen kirja
Christian U. Krägeloh; Marcus A. Henning; Oleg Medvedev; Xuan Joanna Feng; Fiona Moir; Rex Billington; Richard J. Siegert Taylor & Francis Ltd (2019) Pehmeäkantinen kirja
Springer Sivumäärä: 1970 sivua Asu: Kovakantinen kirja Julkaisuvuosi: 2025, 17.09.2025 (lisätietoa) Kieli: Englanti
This handbook provides comprehensive coverage of assessment instruments used in mindfulness research. It discusses traditional and modern approaches used to develop psychometric measures and to establish their reliability and validity, such as classical test theory, item response theory and Rasch model, generalizability theory, facet benchmarking, and network analysis. The handbook provides information on conceptual foundations, development, and psychometric properties of assessment instruments used to measure mindfulness in children, adolescents, and adults. In addition, it provides similar information on scales used in specific contexts and for various purposes. It reviews behavioral, cognitive, and psychophysiological assessment measures of mindfulness. The handbook examines a broad range of psychological, physical health, and mental health, and related measures that are used in mindfulness research. This reference work enables researchers to choose appropriate measurement tools fora broad range of mindfulness research.
Key areas of coverage include:
Nature and theoretical foundations of assessment.
Origins and definitions of mindfulness.
Mindfulness scales for children and adolescents.
Mindfulness scales for adults.
Mindfulness scales for specific contexts and purposes.
Mindfulness and Buddhist-related scales.
Behavioral assessments of mindfulness.
Cognitive and psychophysiological assessments of mindfulness.
The Handbook of Assessment in Mindfulness Research is an essential reference for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, and other mental health practitioners in clinical psychology and affiliated medical and mental health disciplines, including complementary and alternative medicine, social work, occupational and rehabilitation therapy.
