A study of the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM)
Anna Bartoccini, Maria Rita Sergi, Antonella Macchia, Roberta Romanelli, Marco Tommasi, Stefania Rotondo, Aristide Saggino
Mindfulness is a state of complete awareness of one’s thoughts, which is intentional, non-judgmental
and present moment by moment. In recent years several psychotherapeutic and educational
interventions in childhood and adolescence have proposed mindfulness-based programmes to promote
better well-being and to prevent psychopathology in young subjects. Despite the numerous applications
of this construct, mindfulness is struggling to become a scientific construct, because valid and reliable
instruments are not available. The aim of this work was to study the factorial structure of the Child and
Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM), on a sample of 917 participants, divided into 345 children
and 572 healthy adolescents. Exploratory factor analyses suggested a reduced form with 8 items
loading on one factor, with good internal consistency. This study legitimises the use of the CAMM in
the national context for childhood and adolescence.
Keywords
Mindfulness, Exploratory factor analysis, Reliability, Well-being, Prevention.
