Gender, Age, and Time Invariance of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure and Psychometric properties in Three Greek-speaking youth samples

Theofanous, A. (Artemis)¹, Ioannou, M (Myria)¹, Zacharia, M (Marianna)¹, Georgiou, S. N. (Stelios)¹, Karekla, M. (Maria)^1
1University of Cyprus

 

Submission type

Poster only

Scheduled

Hallway, 22-07-2016, 16:00 - 17:00

Keywords

G-CAMM, Psychometric properties, Mindfulness, Gender differences

Summary

Mindfulness interventions for youth are exponentially increasing in recent years, yet assessment of this construct is still in its infancy. The present study aims to examine for the first time the psychometric properties of Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM) in 3 samples of 1034 Greek-speaking adolescents and young adults, and additionally investigate gender differences in mindfulness levels. Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis were conducted in order to extract and confirm the factorial structure of the Greek version of CAMM (G-CAMM). A single factor solution was extracted with good internal consistency (Cronbach’s α= .86). Furthermore, good construct and discriminant validity were concluded, through correlations with measures of mindfulness, cognitive fusion, and moral disengagement. Females were found to have lower mindfulness levels compared to males and adolescents had lower levels compared to young adults. The findings implicate the need to develop developmentally sensitive programs to train mindfulness, emphasizing on distinct components for males and females. Overall, G-CAMM seems to be a reliable measure for examining mindfulness in Greek-speaking youth.

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