Table 1.
Scale | Monitoring Skills | Acceptance Skills | Other Skills |
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PHLMS | Present-moment Awareness (α=.81): continuous monitoring of ongoing internal and external stimuli; “I notice changes inside my body, like my heart beating faster or my muscles getting tense.” | Acceptance (α=.85): nonjudgmental stance toward experience; “If there is something I don’t want to think about, I’ll try many things to get it out of my mind.” | None |
FFMQ | Observe (α=.83): the tendency to notice and attend to subtle perceptual events; “I pay attention to sensations, such as the wind in my hair or the sun on my face.” |
Nonreactivity (α=.75): ability to maintain contact with experience, watch them from a distance, and allow them to pass without further reactivity; “I perceive my feelings and emotions without having to react to them.” Nonjudgment (α=.87): acceptance of one’s thoughts and feelings; “I think some of my emotions are bad or inappropriate and I shouldn’t feel them.” |
Describing and Acting with Awareness scales do not discretely measure monitoring or acceptance. |
KIMS | Observe (α=.91, .85): the tendency to notice and attend to subtle perceptual events; “I pay attention to sensations, such as the wind in my hair or the sun on my face.” | Accept Without Judgment (α=.87): acceptance of one’s thoughts and feelings; “I think some of my emotions are bad or inappropriate and I shouldn’t feel them.” | Describing and Acting with Awareness scales do not discretely measure monitoring or acceptance. |