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Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología
versión impresa ISSN 0120-0534
Resumen
OROZCO, Arturo; GARCIA, Georgina; VENEBRA, Arturo y AGUILERA, Ulises. Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills in Mexican general population. rev.latinoam.psicol. [online]. 2021, vol.53, pp.104-113. Epub 02-Ago-2021. ISSN 0120-0534. https://doi.org/10.14349/rlp.2021.v53.12.
Introduction:
One of the most common instruments used in the world to measure mindfulness is the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills. Due to this scale has not been translated and adapted to Spanish, the purpose of this research was to examine the construct validity, internal consistency, and criterion validity in a Mexican sample.
Method:
The sample included 485 participants (145 men and 350 women).
Results:
Results found in this research revealed a good reliability of the general scale It was confirmed that the four dimensions of this inventory are significant factors of indfulness. Regarding the confirmatory factor analysis, results showed that data fitted properly to the four factors model.
Conclusions:
Inconclusion, this inventory is a valid and reliable instrument to measure mindfulness in general Mexican population.
Palabras clave : Mindfulness; confirmatory factor analysis; criterion validity; internal consistency; mexican population; Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills.