About the Measure
| Domains | Emotional Intelligence (mixed and trait), Mental health and wellbeing, Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | This is a unidimensional measure |
| Description | A unidimensional measure of child and adolescent mindfulness. |
| Example | At school, I walk from class to class without noticing what I'm doing |
| Link | http://www.ruthbaer.com/academics/CAMM.pdf |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 10 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 10-17 |
| Cost single purchase | Free |
| Cost per child | Free |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .80 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | Single-factor so |
| CFA | Single-factor model RMSEA=.07; SRMR=.06; CFI=.90; NNFI=.87 |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Somatization, r= -.40; Internalising, r= -.50; Externalising, r= -.37; Quality of life, r= .25; Thought suppression, r= -.58; Psychological inflexibility, r= -.60; Social skills, r= .14; Problem behaviour, r=-.22; Academic competence r= .25; Positive and Negative Affect Schedule-Child version (PANAS-C): Positive Affect, r= .13 and Negative Affect, r= .49; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire total difficulties, r= .52 |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Greco, L. A., Baer, R. A., & Smith, G. T. (2011). Assessing mindfulness in children and adolescents: development and validation of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM). Psychological Assessment, 23(3), 606-614. doi:10.1037/a0022819 Kuby, A. K., McLean, N., & Allen, K. (2015). Validation of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM) with Non-Clinical Adolescents. Mindfulness, 6(6), 1448-1455. doi:10.1007/s12671-015-0418-3 |