Validation of a Short Form Three Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (TFMQ-SF) in Pregnant Women

Author/s: Hafize Dağ Tüzmen, Kamile Altuntuğ

DOI: http://doi.org/10.37898/spiritualpc.1453742 

Year: 2024 Vol: 3 Number: 9

Abstract

This study aimed to adapt the Three Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire-Short Form (TFMQ-SF) into Turkish. The sample of the methodological research consisted of 302 pregnant women. The data were collected between May and August 2022 using the Personal Information Form, TFMQ-SF, and Tilburg Pregnancy Distress Scale. There are 12 items in the TFMQ-SF. Validity analysis of the data, content validity index, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and reliability analysis were performed with Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient. Ethics committee approval was obtained. The content validity index of the scale was 0.93. As a result of confirmatory factor analysis, χ2: 1178.445 (df: 66), χ2/df: 2.407, and RMSEA: 0.068 were found, and the model indicated a good/excellent fit. The item means of the scale ranged from 2.34 ± 1.20 to 2.99 ± 1.15, the item factor loads ranged from 0.59 to 0.82, and the relationship between the scale items and the sub-dimensions was statistically significant (p < 0.05). The total Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the scale was 0.84. These results showed that the TFMQ-SF is a valid and reliable measurement tool.

Keywords
Pregnancy • Mindfulness • Nursing • Validation • Reliability