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Assessing mindfulness among adolescents – Preliminary results of Croatian validation of Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure

While research regarding mindfulness and mindfulness-based interventions for adolescents and youth is becoming more popular among scientific community and practitioners, there are methodological issues regarding availability of valid and reliable mindfulness measures for this population. This problem is especially prominent in Croatia, where the shortage of validated mindfulness measures is significant. To this day, only one mindfulness scale has been validated and is in use for assessing trait mindfulness among Croatian adolescents. The main objective of our study was to validate Croatian version of Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure. Study was conducted in February 2022 on 187 first- and second grade high school students (M = 16 years). Participants filled Likert type (0 = never true – 4 = always true) 10-item mindfulness scale online, via mobile application. Factor validity of Croatian version of CAMM was assessed using explanatory factor analysis with oblique rotation. Preliminary data suggests of two-, rather than expected unidimensional, factor structure of Croatian version of Child and Adolescents Mindfulness Measure, with factors being identical to those found in previous validations of CAMM – present moment and non-judgmental awareness and thoughts/feelings suppression. Two-factor scale solution accounts for total of 53, 2 % of variance of mindfulness. General reliability of Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure is satisfactory with Cronbach alpha coefficient of α = 0, 809. However, second factor showed low internal consistency of α = 0, 51. Details of the scale validation process and results will be further discussed.

mindfulness, CAMM, factor structure, scale validation

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