title: Assessment of mindfulness and closely related constructs: Introduction to the special issue.
abstract: This article introduces this special issue on the assessment of mindfulness and other related constructs. The need for refinements in self-report methods and the development of more objective performance-based methods for mindfulness is widely recognized. The six articles in this special issue move the field in these directions. Three of the articles expand the understanding of self-report instruments; the other three describe promising laboratory-based tasks. The articles here show that the assessment of mindfulness and related variables is an active and productive area, with interesting new findings emerging at a high rate. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky.
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baer
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D064866:Mindfulness; D011581:Psychological Tests; D057566:Self Report