Validation of the Embodied Mindfulness Questionnaire (EMQ) in a Chinese Context: Preliminary Evidence for Measurement Invariance
摘要
The Embodied Mindfulness Questionnaire (EMQ) based on the notion of embodied mindfulness and the theory of embodiment, has been developed and validated among an English Canadian population but not yet among Eastern populations. The current study aimed to validate a Chinese version of the EMQ and examine its cultural measurement invariance across Chinese and Canadian cultures.
MethodIn Study 1, we translated the EMQ into Chinese, explored its factor structure using a sample of Chinese adults (n = 330). In Study 2, after excluding participants with over 600 h of meditation practice, a separate sample of Chinese adults (n = 380) was used to examine internal reliability and various types of validity. A multi-group confirmatory factor analyses was conducted to assess the measurement invariance of EMQ between the Chinese and Canadian samples (n = 1077).
ResultsThe original five-factor structures were replicated, but only equivalence in factor structure was mainly supported between the Chinese and Canadian samples, suggesting partial cross-cultural equivalence of the EMQ. Overall, the Chinese EMQ demonstrated acceptable internal reliability, convergent and discriminant validity.
ConclusionsThe Chinese EMQ replicated the five-factor structure of the original version and demonstrated measurement invariances in factor structure only, as well as reasonably acceptable reliability and validity.
Preregistration: This study is not preregistered.