Journal
ASSESSMENT
Volume 19, Issue 3, Pages 276-286Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1073191112446658
Keywords
mindfulness; construct validity; substance use; alcohol use; tobacco use; Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire
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- NIDA NIH HHS [P50 DA005312, DA005312] Funding Source: Medline
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Although self-report measures of dispositional mindfulness have good psychometric properties, a few studies have shown unexpected positive correlations between substance use and mindfulness scales measuring observation of present-moment experience. The current study tested the hypothesis that the relationship between present-moment observation and substance use is moderated by the tendency to be nonjudgmental and nonreactive toward the observed stimuli. Two hundred and ninety-six undergraduates completed the Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), a calendar measuring periods of substance use, and a measure of the Five-Factor Model of personality. Controlling for FFMQ and personality subscales, significant interactions between the observing and nonreactivity subscales indicated that the observing subscale was negatively associated with substance use at higher levels of nonreactivity but positively associated with periods of substance use at lower levels of nonreactivity. Results support the use of statistical interactions among FFMQ subscales to test for the presence of interactive effects of different aspects of mindfulness.
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