Handbook of Assessment in Mindfulness Research

lt;b>Oleg N. Medvedev, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor at the University of Waikato, New Zealand, and Associate Editor of the journal Mindfulness. He teaches advanced research methods courses and is actively involved in mindfulness and health-related research covering mindfulness-based interventions, well-being, health-related quality of life, affective disorders, and healthy mental aging. A substantial amount of Dr. Medvedev's work focuses on application of advanced statistical and psychometric methods such as Generalizability Theory, Rasch model and Network analysis to enhance assessment and research methodology in mindfulness and health research. He developed a novel method to distinguish between dynamic and enduring aspects in psychological assessment using Generalizability Theory. Dr. Medvedev is an author on more than 60 peer-reviewed journal articles, 5 book chapters, and co-author of the book Mindfulness-Based Intervention Research: Characteristics, Approaches, and Developments.
Christian U. Krägeloh, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Auckland University of Technology (AUT), New Zealand. His current research interests are outcome measurement, quality of life research, language planning and terminology, mindfulness, and investigating psychosocial factors in social robotics. He is a founding member of the New Zealand World Health Organisation Quality of Life Group and the Psychosocial Aspects in Robotics (PAIR) Lab. Dr. Krägeloh is an author of more than 100 articles in international journals, lead author of a mindfulness research book, and an author and editor of several other books on research methods and well-being. He is an Associate Editor of the journal Mindfulness.
Richard J. Siegert, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology and Rehabilitation at Auckland University of Technology (AUT). Dr. Siegert trained in clinical psychology at the University of Waikato and completed his doctorate at Victoria University of Wellington. After working as a clinical psychologist, he became a lecturer at Victoria University specializing in clinical neuropsychology. This led to an increasing interest in rehabilitation for people with neurological disorders, and he subsequently joined the University of Otago as Head of the Rehabilitation Teaching and Research Unit. His next experience of working in an interprofessional academic/clinical environment was in the Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation at King's College London, where he worked for five years. From there, he joined AUT as Professor of Psychology and Rehabilitation combining his two passions, psychology and rehabilitation. Dr. Siegert's research interests include psychometrics, outcomes in mental health and rehabilitation, goal setting, and using mindfulness-based interventions for people with chronic health conditions. He is an author on more than 160 articles in international journals and an author of 2 popular textbooks on rehabilitation.
Nirbhay N. Singh, Ph.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Health Behavior at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA. Before his current appointment, he was a Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Psychology at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and Director of the Commonwealth Institute for Family Studies, Richmond, Virginia. His research interests include mindfulness, behavioral and psychopharmacological treatments of individuals with disabilities, and assistive technology for supporting individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities. He has more than 750 publications, including 26 books. He is the Editor-in-Chief of two international journals: Mindfulness, and Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, and Editor of three book series:

Preface.- Part 1. Introduction.- Chapter 1. Assessment in Mindfulness: An introduction.- Chapter 2. Nature of Mindfulness.- Part 2. Foundations of Assessment.- Chapter 3. Classical Test Theory.- Chapter 4. Item Response Theory and Rasch Model.- Chapter 5. Generalizability Theory.- Chapter 6. Facet Benchmarking.- Chapter 7. Network Analysis.- Part 3. Mindfulness Scales for Children and Adolescents.- Chapter 8. Mindful Attention Awareness Scale for Children (MAAS-C).- Chapter 9. Mindful Attention Awareness Scale for Adolescents (MAAS-A).- Chapter 10. Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM).- Chapter 11. Comprehensive Inventory of Mindfulness Experience-Adolescents (CHIME-A).- Chapter 12. Adolescent and Adult Mindfulness Scale (AAMS).- Part 4. Mindfulness Scales for Adults.- Chapter 13. Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale (MAAS).- Chapter 14. Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ).- Chapter 15. Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills (KIMS).- Chapter 16. Toronto Mindfulness Scale (TMS).- Chapter 17. Toronto Mindfulness Scale Trait Version (Trait TMS).- Chapter 18. Comprehensive Inventory of Mindfulness Experiences (CHIME).- Chapter 19. Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R).- Chapter 20. Philadelphia Mindfulness Scale (PHLMS).- Chapter 21. Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI).- Chapter 22. Southampton Mindfulness Questionnaire (SMQ).- Chapter 23. Multidimensional State Mindfulness Questionnaire (MSMQ).- Chapter 24. State Mindful Scale (SMS).- Chapter 25. Mindfulness Inventory: Nine Dimension (MI:ND).- Chapter 26. Applied Mindfulness Process Scale (AMPS).- Chapter 27. Langer Mindfulness/Mindlessness Scale (MMS).- Part 5. Mindfulness Scales for Specific Contexts and Purposes.- Chapter 28. Interpersonal Mindful Parenting (IM-P) Scale.- Chapter 29. Bangor Mindful Parenting Scale (BMPS).- Chapter 30. Mindful Eating Behavior Scale (MEBS).- Chapter 31. Mindful Eating Questionnaire (MEQ).- Chapter 32. Mindfulness in Teaching Scale (MTS).- Chapter 33. Athlete Mindfulness Questionnaire (AMQ).- Chapter 34. Teaching Mindfulness in Education Observation Scale (TIMEOS).- Chapter 35. MBCT-Adherence Scale (MBCT-AS).- Part 6. Mindfulness and Buddhist-Related Scales.- Chapter 36. Self-Compassion Scale (SCS).- Chapter 37. Self-Compassion Scale for Youth (SCS-Y).- Chapter 38. State Self-Compassion Scales Long and Short Forms.- Chapter 39. Compassion Scale (CS).- Chapter 40. Compassionate Love Scale (CLS).- Chapter 41. Nonattachment Scale (NAS).- Chapter 42. Self-Other Four Immeasurable (SOFI) Scale.- Chapter 43. Appreciative Joy Scale (AJS).- Chapter 44. Interconnectedness Scale.- Chapter 45. Compassionate Engagement and Action Scales.- Chapter 46. Fears of Compassion Scales.- Chapter 47. Buddhist Affective Scale (BASS).- Chapter 48. Santa Clara Brief Compassion Scale (SCBCS).- Chapter 49. Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI).- Chapter 50. Equanimity Scale-16.- Part 7. Behavioral Assessment of Mindfulness.- Chapter 51. Meditation Breath Attention Scores (MBAS) and Meditation Experiences Questionnare (MEQ).- Chapter 52. Breath Counting (BC).- Chapter 53. Daily Mindful Responding Scale (DMRS).- Chapter 54. Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA).- Chapter 55. Single Experience and Self-Implicit Association Test (SES-IAT).- Chapter 56. The MindfulBreather: Motion Guided Mindfulness.- Part 7. Mindfulness-Related Assessments.- Chapter 57. Mindfulness Process Questionnaire (MPQ).- Chapter 58. Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA).- Chapter 59. Meditation Depth Index (MEDI) and Meditation Depth Questionnaire (MEDEQ).- Chapter 60. Experiences Questionnaire (EQ).- Chapter 61. Language-Based Measures of Mindfulness (MEQ).- Chapter 62. Modified Differential Emotions Scale (mDES).- Chapter 63. Interpersonal Mindfulness Scale.- Chapter 64. Mindfulness-based Relapse Prevention Adherence and Competence Scale (MBRP-AC).- Chapter 65. Practice Quality-Mindfulness (PQ-M).- Chapter 66. Determinants of Meditation Practice Inventory (DMPI).- Part 8. Cognitive and Psychophysiological Assessments of Mindfulness.- Chapter 67. fMRI and fMRI Task. - Chapter 68. EEG Neurofeedback.- Chapter 69. Hair Cortisol Concentrations (HCC).- Chapter 70. Event-Related Brain Potentials (ERPs).- Chapter 71. Facial Electromyography (EMG).- Chapter 72. Emotional Stroop Task.- Chapter 73. Stroop Task.- Chapter 74. Heart Rate (HR) and Heart Rate Variability (HRV).- Chapter 75. Alpha-Amylase Measurement.- Chapter 76. Cold Pressor Test.- Part 9. Other Assessments Used in Mindfulness Research.- Chapter 77. Gratitude Questionnaire.- Chapter 78. Clinical Routine Outcome Measure.- Chapter 79. Adult Self-Transcendence Inventory.- Chapter 80. Social Connectedness and the Social Assurance Scales.- Chapter 81. Peace of Mind.- Chapter 82. Perceived Stress Scale.- Chapter 83. Social Value Questionnaire .- Chapter 84. General Anxiety Disorder Scale.- Chapter 85. Distress Thermometer.- Chapter 86. Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale.- Chapter 87. Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA).- Chapter 88. Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II).- Chapter 89. Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS).- Chapter 90. Pain-Related Cognitive Processes Questionnaire (PCPQ).- Chapter 91. Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ).- Chapter 92. Attentional Control Scale (ACS).- Chapter 93. Ruminative Response Scale (RRS).- Chapter 94. Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS).- Chapter 95. Psychological Needs Scale (PNS).- Chapter 96. Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI).- Chapter 97. Life Events Checklist for DSM-5 (LEC-5).- Chapter 98. Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL).- Chapter 99. Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale (STSS).- Chapter 100. Brief Resilience Scale (BRS).- Chapter 101. Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS).- Chapter 102. Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale-Short Form (MC-10).- Chapter 103. Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D).- Chapter 104. Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (PSI/SF).- Chapter 105. Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire-Short Form (CERQ).- Chapter 106. Types of Positive Affect Scale (TPAS).- Chapter 107. Forms of Self-Criticism/Self-Reassuring Scale (FSCRS).- Chapter 108. Scale of Body Connection (SBC).- Chapter 109. White Bear Suppression Inventory (WBSI).- Chapter 110. Rumination Reflection Questionnaire Short Form (RRQ-SF).