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Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure Turkish Validity and Reliability Study
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Original Article
VOLUME: 31 ISSUE: 1
P: 91-95
March 2024

Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure Turkish Validity and Reliability Study

Turk J Child Adolesc Ment Health 2024;31(1):91-95
DOI: 10.4274/tjcamh.galenos.2023.54376
Öznur Bilaç 1
Gül Dikeç 2
Cansın Kardelen Akyol 1
Mert Kaan Kale 1
Şermin Yalın Sapmaz 1
Hasan Kandemir 1
Ömer Aydemir 3
1. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Çocuk ve Ergen Ruh Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Manisa, Türkiye
2. Fenerbahçe Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Hemşirelik Bölümü, İstanbul, Türkiye
3. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Ruh Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Manisa, Türkiye
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Received Date: 19.01.2023
Accepted Date: 16.05.2023
Publish Date: 27.03.2024
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ABSTRACT

Objectives:

The number of studies on mindfulness in children and adolescents has rised in recent years, and it is crucial to evaluate the mindfulness-based interventions applied with standardized measurement tools. This aim of this study was to make the Turkish language validity and reliability of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM), which can be used in children and adolescents about mindfulness, which has been very well-liked in recent years, and which has validity and reliability in many languages, and to bring it into our language for the ages of 9-18.

Materials and Methods:

The total sample of the current study consisted of 156 children and adolescents, 48 of whom were children and adolescents with any mental disorderdiagnosis according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 (DSM-5). One hundred eight of them did not have any mental disorders diagnosis according to DSM-5, who had only periodic problems or were brought for counseling.

Results:

In the reliability analysis of the scale, the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was found to be 0.76 for the whole scale. In test-retest reliability two weeks apart, the two measurements have a strong correlation between the measurements (r=0.634 p<0.0001).

Conclusion:

In conclusion, our findings show that the Turkish version of the CAMM is a valid and reliable measurement tool for the 9-18 age group.

Keywords:
Mindfulness, child and adolescent, validity, reliability

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