Mindfulness in nursing students: The five facet mindfulness questionnaire in samples of nursing students in China, the Philippines, and South Africa

dc.contributor.authorArthur, David
dc.contributor.authorDizon, Doroteo
dc.contributor.authorJooste, Karien
dc.contributor.authorLi, Zheng
dc.contributor.authorSalvador, Mathew
dc.contributor.authorYao, Xiuyu
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-15T08:41:28Z
dc.date.available2018-02-15T08:41:28Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractMindfulness as a clinical strategy for helping manage physical and psychological symptoms is gathering an impressive evidence base. It is also being embraced widely for personal and professional development. As a therapeutic intervention for nurses working across a spectrum of settings, it helps expand practice, and integrating mindfulness in nursing undergraduate and graduate curricula is imminent. In the present study, we outline the development and measurement of mindfulness as a personality trait and therapeutic intervention, and advocate the use of a questionnaire alternative to expensive and impractical laboratory measures. The aims of the present study were to examine and compare the use and reliability of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) in samples of nursing students from South Africa, China, and the Philippines, and compare the findings in the nursing student samples to other student and non-student samples. Three samples of students of nursing from China (n = 193), the Philippines (n = 243), and South Africa (n = 131) completed the 31-item FFMQ. The internal consistency was acceptable, and the correlations were significant among all facets and the total score. Although the total mean scores between the three samples were not significantly different, there were significant and interesting differences in the facet scores, and these are discussed in the light of likely cultural influences, and comparative data from other samples of students and clinical populations. The instrument shows promise for future use in educational research as a tool for curriculum change, for personal and professional development of nurses, and as a clinical tool for determining mindfulness changes over time.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationArthur, D. et al. (2017). Mindfulness in nursing students: The five facet mindfulness questionnaire in samples of nursing students in China, the Philippines, and South Africa. International Journal of Mental health Nursing,en_US
dc.identifier.issn1445-8330
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/inm.12405
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/3493
dc.language.isoenen_US
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dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.rightsThis is the author-version of the article published online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/inm.12405
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectCultural differenceen_US
dc.subjectMindfulnessen_US
dc.subjectNursingen_US
dc.subjectPersonal developmenten_US
dc.titleMindfulness in nursing students: The five facet mindfulness questionnaire in samples of nursing students in China, the Philippines, and South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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