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

Objective: The aim of this study was to adapt the Three Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire-Short Form (TFMQ-SF) into Turkish. Method: The sample of the methodological study consisted of 302 pregnant women. The data of the study were collected between May and August 2022 by 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 and confirmatory factor analysis and reliability analysis were performed with Cronbach's Alpha reliability coefficient. Ethics committee permission was obtained. Results and Conclusion: The content validity index of the scale was found to be 0.93. As a result of Confirmatory Factor Analysis, x2: 1178,445 (degrees of freedom: 66), x2/df: 2.407 and RMSEA: 0.068 were found and the model indicated a good/excellent fit. The item means of the scale ranged between 2.34±1.20 and 2.99±1.15, the item factor-loads ranged between. 59-.82, and the effect of the scale items on the sub-dimension was found to be statistically significant (p