Frontiers in Psychiatry (Apr 2022)

RETRACTED: Psychometric Assessment of the Persian Translation of the Interpersonal Mindfulness Scale With Undergraduate Students

  • Abbas Abdollahi,
  • Balachandran Vadivel,
  • Dinh Tran Ngoc Huy,
  • Dinh Tran Ngoc Huy,
  • Maria Jade Catalan Opulencia,
  • Pham Van Tuan,
  • Abbas Abd Ali Abbood,
  • Zarina Nasirova,
  • Supat Chupradit,
  • Kelly A. Allen,
  • Olga Bykanova

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.866816
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13

Abstract

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Interpersonal mindfulness is a construct that significantly contributes to social interaction. To date, no validated measure assessing interpersonal mindfulness has been developed in Iran. Therefore, the aim of this study was to translate and validate the Interpersonal Mindfulness Scale (IMS) among Iranian undergraduate students. Participants in the study (370 undergraduate students; 220 females) from the Azad University completed the translated IMS, the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, and the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems Scale. The translated measure demonstrated acceptable face validity. All items had acceptable content validity and were deemed essential to the scale. The results of a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) confirmed a scale with four subscales (presence, awareness of self and others, non-judgmental acceptance, and non-reactivity), with acceptable internal consistency. The findings support the psychometric properties of the Persian translated Interpersonal Mindfulness Scale, which could be used to measure interpersonal mindfulness among undergraduate students in Iran.

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