Embodied Mindfulness Questionnaire (EMQ)
摘要
Although mindfulness researchers have begun to integrate aspects of body awareness into the development of new scales, these scales do not embrace all aspects of embodiment. The recently developed Embodied Mindfulness Questionnaire (EMQ) aims to fully integrate the body and mind-body connection in conceptualizing and operationalizing mindfulness. Based on the theory of embodiment, the EMQ is comprised of five dimensions, each representing a set of skills or abilities that can be cultivated through training and practice, namely, via meditation. These dimensions are: (1) detachment from automatic thinking, (2) attention and awareness of feelings and bodily sensations, (3) connection with the body, (4) awareness of the mind-body connection, and (5) acceptance of feelings and bodily sensations. The EMQ was devised through consultations with a group of graduate students and experts in the field. Results from a series of studies supported the five dimensions of EMQ, suggesting these subscales are independent and differ in sensitivity to mindfulness training as well as meditation practice and experience. Therefore, this set of five skills can be cultivated independently or sequentially (i.e., build on each other). Implications, limitations, and the scoring of the EMQ subscales are discussed in this chapter.