Psychometric Validation of the Toronto Mindfulness Scale – Trait Version in Chinese College Students
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Chung, Pak-Kwong
Zhang, Chun-Qing
Abstract / Description
The Toronto Mindfulness Scale (TMS; Lau et al., 2006) has been widely used to assess the state mindfulness of participants after practicing mindfulness. Recently, a trait version of the Toronto Mindfulness Scale was developed and initially validated (TMS-T; Davis et al., 2009). We further examined the psychometric properties of TMS-T using three hundred and sixty-eight Chinese college students (233 females and 135 males) from a public university in Hong Kong. We found that factor analyses failed to support the existence of two-dimensional structure of the Chinese version of the TMS-T (C-TMS-T). The model fit indices indicated a marginal model fit, and the concurrent and convergent validities of the C-TMS-T were not confirmed. The moderate item-to-subscale fit of the decentering subscale indicated that its structural validity was not satisfactory. In addition, the internal consistency coefficient of the decentering subscale using composite reliability (p = .61) was under the acceptable level. Based on the results, we concluded that the application of the C-TMS-T to the Chinese population is premature. Further validation of the C-TMS-T using another sample of participants is recommended, in particular, individuals with meditation experiences.
Keyword(s)
Toronto Mindfulness Scale mindfulness reliability validity meditationPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2014-11-28
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
Volume
10
Issue
4
Page numbers
726–739
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PsychOpen GOLD
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peerReviewed
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Chung, P.-K., & Zhang, C.-Q. (2014). Psychometric Validation of the Toronto Mindfulness Scale – Trait Version in Chinese College Students. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 10(4), 726–739. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v10i4.776
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Chung, Pak-Kwong
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Zhang, Chun-Qing
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Date of first publication2014-11-28
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Abstract / DescriptionThe Toronto Mindfulness Scale (TMS; Lau et al., 2006) has been widely used to assess the state mindfulness of participants after practicing mindfulness. Recently, a trait version of the Toronto Mindfulness Scale was developed and initially validated (TMS-T; Davis et al., 2009). We further examined the psychometric properties of TMS-T using three hundred and sixty-eight Chinese college students (233 females and 135 males) from a public university in Hong Kong. We found that factor analyses failed to support the existence of two-dimensional structure of the Chinese version of the TMS-T (C-TMS-T). The model fit indices indicated a marginal model fit, and the concurrent and convergent validities of the C-TMS-T were not confirmed. The moderate item-to-subscale fit of the decentering subscale indicated that its structural validity was not satisfactory. In addition, the internal consistency coefficient of the decentering subscale using composite reliability (p = .61) was under the acceptable level. Based on the results, we concluded that the application of the C-TMS-T to the Chinese population is premature. Further validation of the C-TMS-T using another sample of participants is recommended, in particular, individuals with meditation experiences.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationChung, P.-K., & Zhang, C.-Q. (2014). Psychometric Validation of the Toronto Mindfulness Scale – Trait Version in Chinese College Students. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 10(4), 726–739. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v10i4.776
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/917
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1109
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v10i4.776
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Keyword(s)Toronto Mindfulness Scaleen_US
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Keyword(s)mindfulnessen_US
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Keyword(s)reliabilityen_US
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Keyword(s)validityen_US
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Keyword(s)meditationen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitlePsychometric Validation of the Toronto Mindfulness Scale – Trait Version in Chinese College Studentsen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue4
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers726–739
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Volume10
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